Wiltshire England United Kingdom
51.059349,-1.811594

Salisbury

Salisbury (locally SAWZ-b(ə-)ree) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately 20 miles (30 kilometres) from Southampton and 30 miles (50 kilometres) from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wiltshire, near the edge of Salisbury Plain. An ancient cathedral was north of the present city at Old Sarum. A new cathedral was built near the meeting of the rivers and a settlement grew up around it, which received a city charter in 1227 as New Sarum. This continued to be its official name until 2009, when Salisbury City Council was established. Salisbury railway station is an interchange between the West of England Main Line and the Wessex Main Line. Stonehenge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is 8 miles (13 kilometres) northwest of Salisbury.

Distance between:

London to Salisbury 79 Miles / 128 Kms
Liverpool to Salisbury 170 Miles / 274 Kms

Postal Code

Population 2017: 40786 inhabitants



Henry III of England, Salisbury Cathedral (Illustration) - Ancient History Encyclopedia
15 Best Things to Do in Salisbury (Wiltshire, England)
Stonehenge - Ancient History Encyclopedia
Outside the Circle: The Ancient Stonehenge Landscape – A Wider Perspective | Ancient Ori
Megalithic Examination Explains Why Stonehenge was Built on Salisbury Plain | Ancient Or
Excavation of Saxon Warrior Touches Home with Veteran Volunteers | Ancient Origins
Healing Energies of Stonehenge | Ancient Origins
Second Anglo-Saxon cemetery with fascinating grave goods unearthed near Stonehenge | Anc
Stonehenge and Nearby Stone Circles Were Newcomers to Landscape worked by Ice Age hunter
New areas of abandoned English city discovered - Lonely Planet
Magna Carta and beyond: stepping back in time in Salisbury - Lonely Planet
Arthur's Seat: Climb an Extinct Volcano in Edinburgh | Earth Trekkers

museum Nearby

Stonehenge Visitor Centre
The Salisbury Museum
Magna Carta Chapter House
The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum
De Havilland Aircraft Museum
Boscombe Down Aviation Collection

park Nearby

Wardour Park
Cobbler Creek Recreation Park

tourist attraction Nearby

Stonehenge
The kiwi
Fonthill Lake
Pseudonatural caves
Old Wardour Castle
East Knoyle Windmill
Stonehenge Landscape
National Trust Pepperbox Hill
Salisbury Cathedral
Fovant Badges
Wilton House
Old Sarum
Coombe Bissett Down
Harnham Water Meadows
Avon Valley Nature Reserve
Live Escape Rooms Salisbury
Arundells
RSPB Garston Wood
Salisbury Escape Rooms
High Street Gate
West Harnham Chalk Pit
New Forest Lavender
Langley Wood National Nature Reserve
National Trust - Mompesson House
The Ancestor
Woodhenge
Cuckoo stone
National Trust - Figsbury Ring
Amesbury History Centre
St Mary and St Melor
Netheravon Dovecote
Durrington Walls ‘Superhenge’
Bush Barrow
Longford Castle
Poultry Cross