Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a landlocked ceremonial county located in the region of South West England. It is named after the former county town of Wilton, itself named after the river Wylye. It is comprised of one city and twenty-one towns.

Points of Interest

 * Larkhill: Larkhill is a garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England. It is 800 yards (730 metres) west of Durrington village proper and 1 mi (1.6 km) north of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge. It is about 10 mi (16 km) north of Salisbury.


 * Salisbury: Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county (the largest being Swindon). The city is located in the south-east of Wiltshire, near the edge of Salisbury Plain. It sits at the confluence of five rivers: the Nadder, Ebble, Wylye and Bourne are tributary to the Avon, which flows to the south coast and into the sea at Christchurch, Dorset.


 * Swindon: Swindon is a large town within the Borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, 40 miles (64 km) to the west and Reading, 40 miles (64 km) to the east.


 * Trowbridge: Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England on the Biss in the west of the county, 8 miles (13 km) south east of Bath, Somerset, from which is it separated by the Mendip Hills which rise 3 miles (4.8 km) to the west.


 * Westbury: Westbury Westbury is a town and civil parish in the west of the English county of Wiltshire, most famous for the Westbury White Horse. It is located 18 miles (29 km) south east of the city of Bath and about 8 miles (13 km) south of Trowbridge.[1] Other nearby towns and cities include Bristol, Frome, Salisbury, Swindon and Warminster.

People who were born in

 * Billie Piper