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Wiltshire is a large southern English
county. Considered as a ceremonial
county it borders those of Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and contains the unitary authority of Swindon.
Wiltshire is a mostly rural landscape with large areas of rolling chalk downland and
grazing farmland. A large part of the county is taken up by Salisbury
Plain, a vast expanse of semi-wilderness used mainly by farmers and the British Army. The county had a population of 564,000 in 1991 and a size of 858,931 acres (3475.97 sq km). A local name for a Wiltshire native is moonraker.
Towns and villages
A bridge over the river Avon at Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire
- Alderbury, Amesbury, Avebury
- Bradford-on-Avon, Burbage
- Calne, Castle Combe, Chippenham, Chisbury, Corsham, Cricklade
- Devizes, Downton, Durrington
- Holt, Hungerford
- Lacock, Larkhill, Ludgershall
- Malmesbury, Manton, Marlborough, Marston, Marston Meysey, Marten, Melksham, Mere
- Neston, North Tidworth
- Odstock
- Pewsey
- Salisbury
- Swindon
- Tiddleywink, Tidworth,
Trowbridge
- Whaddon, Wilton, Wilton, Wootton Bassett
Other places of interest
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