Wiltshire

Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Ceremonial county
	Marlborough Downs, Salisbury Cathedral, and a view of Swindon
	Wiltshire within England
	Coordinates: 51°18′N 1°54′W / 51.3°N 01.9°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South West
Established	Ancient
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of Parliament	List of MPs
Police	Wiltshire Police
Ceremonial county
Lord Lieutenant	Sarah Troughton
High Sheriff	Martin John Nye
Area	[convert: needs a number]
• Ranked	of 48
Population (2005 est.)	630,700
• Ranked	34th of 48
Density	181/km2 (470/sq mi)
Ethnicity	85.1% White British (2021)
Unitary authorities
Councils	Wiltshire Council; Swindon Borough Council
Districts
	; Districts of Wiltshire; Unitary
Districts	Wiltshire; Swindon;

Wiltshire (short: Wilts) is an English county. It borders the counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and contains the unitary authority of Swindon. The county town is Trowbridge, in the west of the county at 51°19′11″N 2°12′32″W / 51.31972°N 2.20889°W / 51.31972; -2.20889. The county covers 858,931 acres (3476 km²) also Trowbridge is the Capital of Wiltshire.

Settlements

Notable towns and cities in Wiltshire are:

A full list of settlements is at List of places in Wiltshire.

Key
	Owned by the National Trust
	Owned by English Heritage
	Owned by the Forestry Commission
	A Country Park
	An Accessible open space
	Museum (free)
	Museum (charges entry fee)
	Heritage railway
	Historic House