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Salisbury

Also known as Salisbury, Wiltshire, New Sarum, Salisbury, England

Salisbury ( , ) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath.

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Salisbury is a city and civil parish located in Wiltshire, England, within the United Kingdom. The area covers 11.3 square units and sits at an elevation of 50 to 54 meters. It is situated next to the River Avon and operates in the Europe/London time zone, which corresponds to UTC±00:00 and UTC+01:00. The official language is English, and the local dialing code is 01722.

The population of Salisbury is recorded as 45,477 in one dataset and 44,748 in another. The city uses the postal codes SP1 and SP2. It has twinned administrative relationships with Xanten and Saintes. Current weather observations indicate a temperature of 28.77 degrees, humidity of 39 percent, and wind speed of 1.03.

Synthesized by Vinony from 51 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality: Salisbury
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 44,748
Timezone: Europe/London

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Air quality

31US AQIGood

PM2.5: 4.2 µg/m³
PM10: 7.0 µg/m³

As of 2026-08-11 01:00 · Open-Meteo

Key facts

UK place.area_total_sq_mi: 7.14
UK place.official_name: Salisbury
UK place.type: City
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: South West England
UK place.population: 41,820
UK place.population_ref: (2021 Census)
UK place.os_grid_reference: SU145305
UK place.mapframe: yes
UK place.label_position: left
UK place.post_town: SALISBURY
UK place.postcode_area: SP
UK place.postcode_district: SP1, SP2
UK place.dial_code: 01722
UK place.constituency_westminster: Salisbury
UK place.civil_parish: Salisbury
UK place.unitary_england: Wiltshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Wiltshire

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Encyclopedic overview

37 sections

Contents

Toponymy
History
Old Sarum
New Sarum
20th and 21st centuries
Governance
Geography
Areas and suburbs
Demography
Economy
Culture
The Salisbury Museum
Twin towns and sister cities
Education
Transport
Road
Bus
Railways
Churches
Medieval
Early modern period
19th century
20th century
Sport and leisure
Notable people
Born before 1900
Since 1900
Media
In popular culture
Climate
Freedom of the City
Individuals
Military units
See also
Explanatory notes
References
External links

Salisbury is in the southeast of Wiltshire, near the edge of Salisbury Plain. An ancient cathedral was north of the present city at Old Sarum. A new cathedral was built near the meeting of the rivers and a settlement grew up around it, which received a city charter in 1227 as ''''. This continued to be its official name until 2009, when Salisbury City Council was established. Salisbury railway station is an interchange between the West of England Line and the Wessex Main Line.

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