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We’re passionate about the county of #Wiltshire. What’s on, things to do, food and drink, event coverage and more… insidewiltshire.co.uk
It’s #SwiftAwarenessWeek : 28 June - 6 July 2025 and we can all do our bit to help these amazing birds.

Hannah Bourne-Taylor @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social pictured speaking about the swift brick campaign and #NatureNeedsYou at the Chalke History Festival.

#ChalkeHistoryFestival
July 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Day 2 at Chalke History Festival.

Michael Palin.

He was in conversation on Tuesday with Michael Neiberg at the Guildhall tent - “There and Back: Diaries 1999-2009”

#ChalkeHistoryFestival #Waterstones #MichaelPalin
June 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
It’s Chalke History Festival in #Wiltshire this week.

🗓️ On until 29 June.

🎟️ chalkefestival.com

📍 Chalke History Festival Site
Bury Lane, Broad Chalke, Near Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 5DP.

#ChalkeHistoryFestival #CHF #Wiltshire #History
June 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Loving the Wiltshire sky tonight #sunset #Wiltshire
May 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Last day to visit 💧 The Spirit of Water Flower Festival 🌼 🌺 at Salisbury Cathedral.

12.30-15.15 - Sunday 18 May.

#SpiritofWaterFlowerFestival #SalisburyCathedral #InsideWiltshire #Flowers #Water
May 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
There is still time to visit 💧 The Spirit of Water Flower Festival 🌼 🌺 at Salisbury Cathedral.

Open until 16.15 today (Saturday 17 May)

12.30 - 15.15 on Sunday 18 May.

#SpiritofWaterFlowerFestival #SalisburyCathedral #Flowers #Water #FlowerFestival
May 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Salisbury Cathedral has turned red to mark the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe (V.E. Day)

#SalisburyCathedral #VEDay #InsideWiltshire
May 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Lots of events on today across the county.

Downton Beacon will be lit 🔥 at 7pm today.

#VEDay #VEDay80thAnniversary #Downton #InsideWiltshire
May 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The bank holiday weekend is almost here and we plan to get out and make the most of it whatever the weather ☀️ 🌦️ ☔️

Where are you going this bank holiday weekend?

#Walking #InsideWiltshire #BankHolidayWeekend
May 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Back in 2023 we started our “Travel in Time” series at Chalke History Festival and who better to ask first than the Time Lord himself - The Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann.

The 2025 event is from 23-29 June.

#chalkehistoryfestival #historyfestival #paulmcgann #doctorwho #timetravel #travelintime
April 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Lovely view of Stonehenge this evening caught in the sun’s rays.

#Sunrays #GodFingers #Stonehenge #InsideWiltshire
April 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The bluebells are looking beautiful in Bentley Woods at the moment.

#BentleyWoods #Bluebells #InsideWiltshire
April 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The Grade I listed Walton Canonry, 69, The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EN - former rental home of artist Rex Whistler
April 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Continuing our “Travel in Time” series from Chalke History Festival, we find out where James May would go back to.

The 2025 event is from 23-29 June.
🎟️ Day tickets go on sale Monday 14 April

#ChalkeHistoryFestival #AmazingHistory #HistoryFestival #JamesMay
April 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The magnolia is looking stunning in Elizabeth Gardens, Salisbury. #SalisburyCathedral #magnolia #spring
April 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Grade 2 listed Archway Cottage in West Street in lovely Castle Combe - a village which has been called the prettiest in England. You can stay there via The Manor House Hotel.
April 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Dinton Park and the Neo-Grecian Philipps House. The park is perfect for a stroll in rolling parkland or stopping on a bench to admire the views. Look out for ancient trees on the north-west slopes and woods. It's owned by the National Trust. SP3 5HH - car park on site but no toilets. Entry is free.
March 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The tower of the beautiful St Mary & St Nicholas Church in West Street, Wilton. It's also known as Wilton Italianate Church. It was built between 1840 and 1845. It's home to an amazing collection of European stained glass.
March 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Caen Hill is one of the longest continuous flight of locks in the country With 29 locks and a rise of 237 feet over two miles of the Kennet and Avon Canal. 16 locks form the steepest section and these are a scheduled monument and a must-do challenge for canal boat fans. #KennetAndAvonCanal
March 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Continuing our “Travel in Time” series from Chalke History Festival, we find out where Alex Langlands would go back to. The 2025 event is from 23-29 June. #ChalkeHistoryFestival
March 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
#ThrowbackThursday to July 2021.

Fascinating talk by Dr Phil Harding at The Salisbury Museum for Festival of Archaeology about probably the biggest piece of worked flint discovered in the south of England (16kg).

Found at West Kennet Farm palisaded enclosures, Avebury in 2009.

#Flint #Wiltshire
March 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
#ThrowbackThursday to the centrepiece of Salisbury International Arts Festival 2019.

GAIA - #EarthArtwork by @lukejerram.bsky.social at Salisbury Cathedral.

GAIA features #NASA imagery of the earth’s surface.

#SalisburyCathedral #GAIA
February 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The Cuckoo Stone is a neolithic stone that can be found in the field next to #Woodhenge.

It was once a standing sarsen stone but it’s now fallen. Sarsen is a type of sandstone, famous for its use at Stonehenge. The #CuckooStone is 2.1 metres long and 1.5 metres wide.
February 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
One for the spring diary - Grade-1 Listed Gardens at Iford Manor, created by Harold Peto.

The #gardens open for the year on 2 April but the restaurant and cafe are open all year round, plus three miles of footpaths on the Iford Estate.

#IfordManor #HaroldPeto #InsideWiltshire
February 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Once a year the 23A service runs to Imber.

This year the Imberbus service will run on Saturday 16 August 2025.

#Imberbus #Imber #Wiltshire
February 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM