Warminster is a town in Wiltshire which dates back to Anglo-Saxon times and, until the 19th century, its main economic feature was its thriving market. It was redesigned in the early 1800s and the railway line from Westbury arrived in 1851.

The railway actually killed off the market, but economic activity expanded in other areas, particularly brewing and iron founding. Since then, many businesses have focused on supplying the needs of the British Army and the leisure industry has also grown in very recent times, boosted by Longleat and Center Parcs Longleat Forest.

Nearby Longleat is the country seat of the Marquess of Bath and includes Longleat Safari Park. Warminster is host to the Athenaeum, an 1858 Grade II listed building, which now serves as a theatre and arts centre.

Wiltshire is a county in South West England and its county town is Trowbridge. It has high downland and wide valleys and is arguably most notable for the Stonehenge and Avebury ancient stone circles found on Salisbury Plain. It also contains a number of well known country houses including Longleat and Stourhead. The landlocked county borders Dorset, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Berkshire.

Originally Wiltshire's county town was Wilton but the county council is now based in Trowbridge. Salisbury is the county's only city although Swindon, which has five times as many people as Salisbury (around 210,000), is its most populated built-up area.

The M4 is the one motorway going through the county and the main transport hub is Swindon, which has regular direct trains to London Paddington and other major conurbations. The nearest major airport is Southampton.

There are three universities in Wiltshire, all located in Swindon. These are; Cranfield University, a postgraduate-only institution, which has strong links with industry and the business world; the University of the West of England and the University of Bath in Swindon.

Wiltshire has many attractions, some of which are very quirky, including Burlington, a huge nuclear bunker which can accommodate 4,000 people, Longleat Safari Park, the Kennet & Avon Canal Museum in Devizes, the Swindon and Cricklade Railway and Salisbury Cathedral.

Swindon also hosts the Magic Roundabout, which has been voted the UK's scariest road junction.