Discover Wiltshire

Discover More About This Fantastic County As You 'Tour Wiltshire'

Sprout and Flower, Mere, click to see more of super Mere, Wiltshire..

Win Green, click

Which parishioners killed their Bishop? Which church was 'blown up' for TV? Where did Henry VIII find a new wife? Which fox was famous for being behind the camera? Where did Emma see good sense? The answers to these questions, and many more, are discovered on 'Tour Wiltshire' which has unique photos and background info on all of the well known places to visit in Wiltshire, as well as the hidden gems that few people discover. Especially during the pandemic, when the well known places are busy, to discover a quiet, but still lovely, place is even more valuable, so check out the villages listed here.

Wiltshire is home to several of the United Kingdom's favourite tourist attractions, including Stonehenge; Salisbury Cathedral; home of the best preserved Magna Carta, and Stourhead. However there is much more to explore and find out about Wiltshire, right here on 'Tour Wiltshire'. Visit Old Wardour Castle, where Kevin Costner played Robin Hood; Lacock village, often the setting for Downton Abbey's village scenes; or Great Chalfield Manor where scenes in both Poldark and Wolf Hall were regularly filmed; Castle Combe, a setting for the original Doctor Doolittle as well as War Horse, and why the villagers of Edington killed the Bishop of Salisbury, and of course much, much, more.

Broad Chalke, click

Wiltshire's landscape is amongst the best in England, and, historically, having enjoyed great wealth especially from the 1600s, has thousands of important buildings spread throughout the county, including grand houses such as the Elizabethan Longleat House, and humble thatched cottages.

Don't miss the great Savernake Forest, where Queen Elizabeth's father, King Henry VIII, hunted, and courted his third wife, Jane Seymour, and the Wiltshire safari that is Longleat. Some of the villages, including Steeple Ashton and Broad Chalke, escape most visitors, even Wiltshire resident's, radar, so remain quiet, but are spectacular, and the number of them featured here on Tour Wiltshire is growing as we get to explore and photograph them ourselves.

Heaven's Gate, wheelchair and scooter accessible.

Each place and walk has a ⭐ rating, maximum ⭐⭐⭐⭐, though these are naturally a matter of personal opinion to suggest how worthwhile a visit or walk may be, they do not reflect what a place may be like to live in, that may be better, or worse.

♿ As a powered wheelchair and all-terrain mobility scooter user I understand many of the access difficulties and frustrations disabled people experience and feel. So each listing says about any access problems I've seen. However any mention, or lack of mention of an access difficulty is not exhaustive, things change, even a car parked on a pavement can be a barrier to access, so information is only there as guidance, your access and safety has to be yours to ensure.