Key facts
- Population
- 4,305 (2021)
- Os grid reference
- SU096312
- Civil parish
- Wilton
- Unitary authority
- Wiltshire
- Ceremonial county
- Wiltshire
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- Salisbury
- Postcode district
- SP2
- Dialling code
- 01722
- Police
- Wiltshire
- Fire
- Dorset and Wiltshire
- Ambulance
- South Western
- Uk parliament
- Salisbury
- Website
- Town Council
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilton is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Lying about 3 miles (5 km) west of the city of Salisbury, and until 1889 the county town of Wiltshire, it has a rich heritage dating back to the Anglo-Saxons. The parish had a population of 4,305 at the 2021 census, an increase from the 3,579 recorded in 2011.
Carpets have been manufactured at Wilton since the 18th century. The town is home to Wilton House, country seat of the Earls of Pembroke, and has a large Romanesque Revival parish church. The rivers Wylye and Nadder meet at Wilton.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wilton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.