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Salisbury (/ ˈ s ɔː l z b ər i / SAWLZ-bər-ee, locally / ˈ s ɔː z b ər i / SAWZ-bər-ee) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, [1] at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne.
The fortified site [35] was an extra-parochial area [36] and became a civil parish in 1858, but the civil parish was abolished in 1894 [37] and merged with Stratford sub Castle. [38] In 1891 the parish had a population of 13. [39] The site and surrounding area is now the northernmost part of Salisbury civil parish. [40]
Salisbury Plain is a chalk plateau in southern England covering 300 square miles (780 km 2). [1] It is part of a system of chalk downlands throughout eastern and southern England formed by the rocks of the Chalk Group and largely lies within the county of Wiltshire , but stretches into Hampshire .
The SP postcode area, also known as the Salisbury postcode area, [2] is a group of eleven postcode districts in southern England, within six post towns. These cover south Wiltshire (including Salisbury and Tidworth ) and parts of north Dorset (including Gillingham and Shaftesbury ) and west Hampshire (including Andover and Fordingbridge ).
Rough map of military training area (green) on Salisbury Plain within Wiltshire (blue); it accounts for about half the area of Salisbury Plain. The British Army's Salisbury Plain Training Area covers roughly half of the plain (and makes up about 11% of Wiltshire). The army first conducted exercises on the plain in 1898.
Wiltshire is a unitary authority area [2] [3] in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, [4] South West England. It was formed in April 2009 following the abolition of Wiltshire County Council and the districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, and West Wiltshire. They were all replaced by Wiltshire Council, [5] which is based at County Hall ...
Swallowcliffe is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Tisbury and 11 miles (18 km) west of Salisbury. The village lies about half a mile north of the A30 Shaftesbury - Wilton road which crosses the parish.
The River Avon (/ ˈ eɪ v ən / AY-vən) is in the south of England, rising in Wiltshire, flowing through that county's city of Salisbury and then west Hampshire, before reaching the English Channel through Christchurch Harbour in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole conurbation of Dorset.
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