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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.
Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain. 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).
Salisbury Cathedral by John Constable, ca. 1825 "Salisbury cathedral" (2018) by Stephan Wolf The cathedral is the subject of a famous painting by John Constable . As a gesture of appreciation for John Fisher , Bishop of Salisbury , who commissioned this painting, Constable included the bishop and his wife in the canvas (bottom left).
Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Situated on a hill about two miles (three kilometres) north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest records in the
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.
The A345 is a secondary A road in Wiltshire, England running from Salisbury to Marlborough and the A4.The road is a main south–north link across Salisbury Plain, which is renowned for its rich archaeology, and passes many ancient points of interest along its way.
Harnham is a suburb of the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England, centred about 0.6 miles (1 km) south of Salisbury Cathedral and across the River Avon. Harnham is split into the areas of West Harnham and East Harnham .