It’s #SwiftAwarenessWeek : 28 June - 6 July 2025 and we can all do our bit to help these amazing birds. Hannah Bourne-Taylor @hannahbournetaylor.bsky.social pictured speaking about the swift brick campaign and #NatureNeedsYou at the Chalke History Festival. #ChalkeHistoryFestival

Day 2 at Chalke History Festival. Michael Palin. He was in conversation on Tuesday with Michael Neiberg at the Guildhall tent - “There and Back: Diaries 1999-2009” #ChalkeHistoryFestival #Waterstones #MichaelPalin

It’s Chalke History Festival in #Wiltshire this week. 🗓️ On until 29 June. 🎟️ chalkefestival.com 📍 Chalke History Festival Site Bury Lane, Broad Chalke, Near Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 5DP. #ChalkeHistoryFestival #CHF #Wiltshire #History

Loving the Wiltshire sky tonight #sunset #Wiltshire

Last day to visit 💧 The Spirit of Water Flower Festival 🌼 🌺 at Salisbury Cathedral. 12.30-15.15 - Sunday 18 May. #SpiritofWaterFlowerFestival #SalisburyCathedral #InsideWiltshire #Flowers #Water

There is still time to visit 💧 The Spirit of Water Flower Festival 🌼 🌺 at Salisbury Cathedral. Open until 16.15 today (Saturday 17 May) 12.30 - 15.15 on Sunday 18 May. #SpiritofWaterFlowerFestival #SalisburyCathedral #Flowers #Water #FlowerFestival

Salisbury Cathedral has turned red to mark the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe (V.E. Day) #SalisburyCathedral #VEDay #InsideWiltshire

Lots of events on today across the county. Downton Beacon will be lit 🔥 at 7pm today. #VEDay #VEDay80thAnniversary #Downton #InsideWiltshire

The bank holiday weekend is almost here and we plan to get out and make the most of it whatever the weather ☀️ 🌦️ ☔️ Where are you going this bank holiday weekend? #Walking #InsideWiltshire #BankHolidayWeekend

Back in 2023 we started our “Travel in Time” series at Chalke History Festival and who better to ask first than the Time Lord himself - The Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann. The 2025 event is from 23-29 June. #chalkehistoryfestival #historyfestival #paulmcgann #doctorwho #timetravel #travelintime

Exciting collaboration for Longleat’s lanterns in November… www.insidewiltshire.co.uk/world-first-...

Lovely view of Stonehenge this evening caught in the sun’s rays. #Sunrays #GodFingers #Stonehenge #InsideWiltshire

The bluebells are looking beautiful in Bentley Woods at the moment. #BentleyWoods #Bluebells #InsideWiltshire

A reminder that the first Guided Walk of the year takes place tomorrow afternoon at 2.30pm. Meet outside Malmesbury Town Hall. Tickets available from the Tourist Information Centre. bsky.app/profile/athe...

The Grade I listed Walton Canonry, 69, The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EN - former rental home of artist Rex Whistler

Continuing our “Travel in Time” series from Chalke History Festival, we find out where James May would go back to. The 2025 event is from 23-29 June. 🎟️ Day tickets go on sale Monday 14 April #ChalkeHistoryFestival #AmazingHistory #HistoryFestival #JamesMay

The magnolia is looking stunning in Elizabeth Gardens, Salisbury. #SalisburyCathedral #magnolia #spring

Grade 2 listed Archway Cottage in West Street in lovely Castle Combe - a village which has been called the prettiest in England. You can stay there via The Manor House Hotel.

Dinton Park and the Neo-Grecian Philipps House. The park is perfect for a stroll in rolling parkland or stopping on a bench to admire the views. Look out for ancient trees on the north-west slopes and woods. It's owned by the National Trust. SP3 5HH - car park on site but no toilets. Entry is free.

The tower of the beautiful St Mary & St Nicholas Church in West Street, Wilton. It's also known as Wilton Italianate Church. It was built between 1840 and 1845. It's home to an amazing collection of European stained glass.

This week on #findsfriday we have a Medieval pendant in the form of an ivy leaf. The pendant is likely to have decorated costume as one of a series. The ivy leaf was often taken to signify constancy in the Middle Ages. It dates from the first half of the 15th Century, found in Urchfont in 2007.

Not long now until the Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury Festival 2025 weekend. 4th-6th April in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Visit www.thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org/recent-events for event details and ticketing. #philsky #philosophy

Caen Hill is one of the longest continuous flight of locks in the country With 29 locks and a rise of 237 feet over two miles of the Kennet and Avon Canal. 16 locks form the steepest section and these are a scheduled monument and a must-do challenge for canal boat fans. #KennetAndAvonCanal

Continuing our “Travel in Time” series from Chalke History Festival, we find out where Alex Langlands would go back to. The 2025 event is from 23-29 June. #ChalkeHistoryFestival

#ThrowbackThursday to July 2021. Fascinating talk by Dr Phil Harding at The Salisbury Museum for Festival of Archaeology about probably the biggest piece of worked flint discovered in the south of England (16kg). Found at West Kennet Farm palisaded enclosures, Avebury in 2009. #Flint #Wiltshire

A pair of foxes bickering in the early morning sun . Thank you @insidewiltshire for today's #FoxOfTheDay

#ThrowbackThursday to the centrepiece of Salisbury International Arts Festival 2019. GAIA - #EarthArtwork by @lukejerram.bsky.social at Salisbury Cathedral. GAIA features #NASA imagery of the earth’s surface. #SalisburyCathedral #GAIA

The Cuckoo Stone is a neolithic stone that can be found in the field next to #Woodhenge. It was once a standing sarsen stone but it’s now fallen. Sarsen is a type of sandstone, famous for its use at Stonehenge. The #CuckooStone is 2.1 metres long and 1.5 metres wide.

One for the spring diary - Grade-1 Listed Gardens at Iford Manor, created by Harold Peto. The #gardens open for the year on 2 April but the restaurant and cafe are open all year round, plus three miles of footpaths on the Iford Estate. #IfordManor #HaroldPeto #InsideWiltshire

Once a year the 23A service runs to Imber. This year the Imberbus service will run on Saturday 16 August 2025. #Imberbus #Imber #Wiltshire

Old Sarum, site of the original Salisbury, is now owned by @englishheritage.bsky.social. The medieval castle ruins are great to explore. The outer part is free to visit but there's a charge to go inside the ramparts. There are great views of Salisbury. #WallsOnWednesday #Wiltshire

Fonthill Lake which was created by damming a tributary of the river Nadder. You can walk around the lake and the nearby woods. The lake is around a mile long and was the location of river scenes in the film Chocolat. #FonthillLake #Nadder #Wiltshire #Lake #InsideWiltshire

Tunnel in the woods near Wardour Castle. The woods are free to visit and you can see the ruins of Wardour from the woodland path. #Wardour

Cley Hill is unmissable as you travel on the A36 near Warminster. It’s owned by the National Trust, is a great place for a walk with great views, and it’s free to visit. #CleyHill #NationalTrust

Lake House Meteorite on display at Salisbury Museum. The rock spent 80 years on the porch of the beautiful Elizabethan country house. It weights around 90kg and is thought to be the biggest meteorite to have even fallen in the UK. #LakeHouseMeteorite #Meteorite #SalisburyMuseum

The Kennet & Avon Canal in Bradford on Avon was fully opened in 1810. It links the town to Bristol (heading west) and London (heading East). It’s 87 miles long. #KennetAndAvonCanal #BradfordOnAvon

Wonderful - from STEAM - our @wessexmuseums.bsky.social partner! @swindoncouncil.bsky.social

The beautiful exterior of Ravello Italian restaurant in Bradford on Avon. It’s 17th century and made from natural rubble stone with a tiled roof. The building is Grade 2 listed. #BradfordOnAvon

It looks to remain cold overnight for the next few days but we do enjoy the beauty of a frosty morning. #Frost #Winter

A favourite road into Salisbury - the A354 pictured from the Rockbourne turning near Coombe Bissett. The road runs between Salisbury and Portland. The original 1922 route only ran from the A338 in Salisbury to the A35 in Puddletown.  #Salisbury #A354 #CoombeBissett

Salisbury Cathedral on a frosty winter morning, as the sun rises over the water meadows. #SalisburyCathedral #Sunrise #MistyMorning #Frost #WaterMeadows #Salisbury

The Wagon and Horses pub, Beckhampton, on the A4. The 16th Century Public house is mentioned in the Charles Dickens novel “Pickwick Papers.” The pub was an important stop between Bristol and London. #WagonAndHorses #PublicHouse #16thCentury #CharlesDickens #PickwickPapers

Lovely sunset tonight in #Wiltshire

Woodhenge is a Neolithic site built around 2500 BC. Concrete markers show the positions of the timber posts. #Woodhenge #Neolithic #Wiltshire #EnglishHeritage #WiltshireLandscape

Winters a great time to spot birds as there’s less cover in many trees and bushes. Spotting the beautiful colours of a kingfisher on a crisp sunny morning is a real treat. Keep an eye out if you’re near water for the flash of blue. #Kingfisher #Birds #Birding #BirdSpotting #Wiltshire

Old Wardour Castle, near Tisbury. Built in the 14th century as a lightly fortified luxury residence. The castle was also the inspiration for the one featured in the film, ‘Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves’. #WardourCastle #Tisbury #Castle #Ruins #EnglishHeritage #RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves

#Snowdrops (Galanthus) can be seen from late January depending on weather. The pretty flowers are one of the first to come out in the year and are a sign that spring is not so far away. Find out the best spots in #Wiltshire to see them. www.insidewiltshire.co.uk/explore-wilt...

It’s Big Garden Birdwatch Weekend. 24-26 January 2025 How many birds can you spot in your Wiltshire garden? #BigGardenBirdwatch Sign up for #BGBW2025 with the RSPB @rspb.bsky.social www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

A pair of foxes in a Wiltshire meadow. Winter’s a great time to see them. #Winterwatch #FoxOfTheDay 🦊

Back in 2020 we were treated to the sight of both Comet Neowise ☄️ and the International Space Station above Old Sarum in Wiltshire. #HillfortsWednesday #OldSarum #Comet #InternationalSpaceStation