Warminster:

Warminster is an ancient market town dating from Saxon times. It sits on the edge of Salisbury Plain at the head of the Wylye Valley.  The town has kept much of it's market town character and the countryside to the south is designated an area of outstanding natural beauty.

Warminster has some excellent independent local shops which make shopping interesting - bookshops, antique shops, toy shop, a bakery, greengrocer and butchers'. There are a couple of delightful cafés and some very good pubs in the town and within easy driving distance.  For children there is a swimming pool and a park with a children's play area and skateboard ramps. The  boating lake, adjoining a small nature reserve and water meadows is popular with summer visitors.  In the town centre is a Tourist Information office where you can find out about places to visit near Warminster.

Things to do near Warminster:

This is excellent walking country and there are several good golf courses at hand, great coarse fishing at Longleat and Shearwater Lakes and the Wylye Valley Cycle Route close by.  There is a cinema in Frome, and Melksham has a Sports Centre with squash, bowling, badminton, par 3 golf course etc.  

Within 2 miles of Warminster are Longleat Safari Park, Longleat House and Grounds, Cley Hill (great for a hilly walk) and the Wessex Ridgway.

A short drive brings you to the White Horse at Westbury, Salisbury Plain, or a few miles more brings you to Avebury, Stonehenge, Woodhenge, Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Stourhead National Trust Landscaped Gardens and Palladian Mansion, Lacock Abbey National Trust Country House and Village and the Fox Talbot Museum, the historic city of Bath, Castle Combe Motor Racing Circuit, Glastonbury Tor, Salisbury Cathedral, Cheddar Caves, the Kennet & Avon Canal, the East Somerset Steam Railway, Savernake Forest, and the Science Museum at Wroughton ……and many, many more places to visit. You will be spoilt for choice.

Location:

Warminster is the beautiful County of Wiltshire in the south of England, located 9 miles north of the A303 and served well by a bypass which keeps heavy through-traffic out of the town.