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Salisbury, Wiltshire UK

Swallow chicks 22 June 2023 Janet Brownlie has provided an update on the Parsonage Farm Swallows. She writes: " Really good news on this front. We have three nests with chicks in and two other nests where we're fairly certain there are chicks but it's difficult to see because they're up in the eaves in the dark but definitely adult swallows are going in there. 5th chick at the back? In the first stable the nest has five chicks which have just fledged. The latest photo was t

This is my last report from the Garden Club as I am signing off after eight years. When I became Chairman in Sept 2015 I started writing...

This news was updated on 7 September 2023. VIEW THE UPDATE The Revd Sarah Wood-Roe who is the Associate Priest for St Lawrence Church,...

This route was the subject of an Old Sarum Landscapes Project survey in 2019. Details here: https://www.stratfordsubcastle.org.uk/oslp-ro...

You will need to follow revised guidance to sort your recycling from now on, in readiness for the next kerbside collection from Stratford...

Update 25 May The chicks have fledged this morning. The first one to leave the nest box was caught on camera below. The parent bird's...

The website is delighted to include in its History section a reformatted version of 'A Long History Of Old Sarum' with the kind consent...

Images taken at this year's ANZAC Day service have been made available by the Australian Department of Defence. View them in a new photo...

On 17 April a member of Salisbury & District Angling Club's 'Water Quality Team' was spotted unloading equipment near Mill Lane as he was...

Update: Glaziers from the Cathedral have now replaced the broken glass panes. Panes of glass in four separate windows were broken...

English Heritage has announced plans for 100 wildflower meadows to be established over the next decade to mark the coronation of His...

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust last week announced the purchase of Great Wood near Grittenham and near the M4, 71 acres of ancient woodland and...

Dr Simon Roffey of Winchester University in a book published this month suggests there may have been an anchorite cell in the chancel...

Towards the end of the Guild's March talk primarily about the Duke of Monmouth, we heard about William of Orange landing in Torbay in...

A team from Wiltshire Council has erected new road signs on the Woodford Road (C102) leading from Stratford Bridge towards Avon Farm. The...

Salisbury Central car park December 2022 For the first time that most of us can remember, we had a full house, and turned away a few unlucky folks. It seems that everyone was keen to find out about the mess and disruption that has been created around the central car-park and other places. Andy Wallis of the Environment Agency and Dave Milton of Wiltshire Council didn't disappoint, as they gave a clear and pretty extensive description, and I hope I can give a flavour of the s

Every Monday evening a small group of enthusiastic bellringers meet at 7.30 pm in St Lawrence Church, Stratford sub Castle SP1 3LL for...

Updated 24 January Pedestrians and cyclists were able to use the subway today, there were just a couple of small puddles. News published...

The Flood Warden for Stratford sub Castle, Duncan Hopkins, has prepared the following information which readers may find helpful at this...

One of the advantages of having a garden which floods is that you see wildlife close up. Here are some pictures taken this morning of two...

Unclear about why there are works along the river into town? The Stratford sub Castle Guild has invited David Milton (Wiltshire Council) and Andy Wallis (Environment Agency) to tell us what is happening. Come and hear an update from the project leaders including the plans for the creation of two hectares of new riverside habitat, wetland areas and rewilding. The talk will be at the next Guild meeting on Wednesday 8th February 7.30pm in the Reading Room As this will be of int

Andrea Hamel, a Stratford resident and marine archaeologist, took part in the new series of BBC2's 'Digging for Britain' programme...

According to the Environment Agency's website the Salisbury River Park Project is still on target for completion in Spring 2024, despite...