Warminster
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Warminster is a delightful market town with a friendly population of around 18,000 (2011). The town has many interesting buildings, nearly all of which owe their existence to Warminster's great fame as a successful corn market for several centuries. It has for many years been a holiday haunt, providing visitors and tourists with beautiful countryside, ancient archaeological monuments, excellent recreational activities including walking and cycling and horse riding, plus shopping and plenty of enjoyable attractions large and small. The corn market ceased more than a hundred years ago and Warminster is now largely a residential town, with some light industry and military presence.
Taste of Warminster...
Warminster has many restaurants, cafes, takeaways, tearooms and coffee shops, offering something for all tastes. Many local pubs also provide dinners, lunches and bar snacks.
Essential Information
Getting There
Multiple OptionsWarminster sits at the former crossing of the A36 (Bristol to Southampton) and the A350 (Chippenham to Poole) trunk roads. The A362 (from Midsomer Norton and Frome in Somerset) enters the town from the west, while the B390 (Shrewton to Heytesbury) and B3095 (Longbridge Deverill to Gillingham) roads are east and south of the town respectively. The A303 from Exeter to London (M3) also skirts the area south and east of Warminster. The opening of the Warminster Bypass (1988) has diverted much of the through traffic, particularly the stone lorries from the Mendip quarries. The former A36 through Warminster has been declassified and is now the B3414. Warminster is 10 miles north-west of the A303 junction with the A36 at the Deptford Interchange. The A303 makes a seamless link to the M3 motorway west of Basingstoke. The M4 motorway, connecting London with South Wales, is approximately 25 mi (40 km) north of Warminster via the A350, intersecting at junction 17....
Getting Around & Staying
Getting Around
Warminster Town Centre is served by two car parks. The Central Car Park (accessed by vehicles from Station Road) serves the Market Place and Three Horseshoes Walk. The Western Car Park (accessed by vehicles from Sambourne Road) serves High Street. Both the Central Car Park and the Western Car are pay and display. A very small car park is at the eastern end of Fairfield Road and is pay-and-display. There is a small car park at Emwell Street, also pay-and-display. There is very limited, free on-street parking in the heart of the town: at George Street (both sides of the road); at Silver Street (one side). There are a few spaces at the lower end of Sambourne Road (one side), and at the northern end of Weymouth Street (both sides). There are four car parking spaces at the High Street end of The Close (one side). There are bicycle racks on the pavements in the Market Place and the High Street, and outside the Public Library at Three Horseshoes Walk.
Money & Budget
Warminster has a busy high street lined with a mixture of national chain stores, and local businesses. It also has two pedestrianised shopping malls (Three Horseshoes Walk, and The Cornmarket. Small specialist shops and businesses are situate at Chinn's Court. For national names go to the Castlemore Retail Park at Fairfield Road. Warminster has many restaurants, cafes, takeaways, tearooms and coffee shops, offering something for all tastes. Many local pubs also provide dinners, lunches and bar snacks.
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Glimpses of Warminster
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Longleat House, Warminster
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a close up of a deer looking at the camera
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Longleat House, Warminster
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a close up of a deer looking at the camera
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Longleat House, Warminster
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a close up of a deer looking at the camera
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