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2:37pm Monday 7th February 2011

MARLBOROUGH stands at a busy crossroads of major tourist routes.

Shopping

2:39pm Monday 7th February 2011

ONE of the biggest gaps in Marlborough High Street caused by the closure of the Woolworth chain of stores - and leaving it looking like a wide smile with a tooth missing in the middle - has been filled by the Landmark country clothing store extending the range of clothing available in what has in recent years become known as the haute couture centre for the South West.

Marlborough Churches

2:41pm Monday 7th February 2011

MARLBOROUGH has churches standing sentinel at each end of its High Street from the days when the town was two parishes, St Mary’s in the east and St Peter’s in the west.

Dining Out

2:46pm Monday 7th February 2011

THROUGHOUT its history Marlborough has been a place where weary travellers could stop and have food and refreshment and overnight accommodation as they headed between London and the West Country’s two great cities Bristol and Bath or from the Midlands and Gloucester using the old coaching roads to get to Salisbury and the south coast ports.

Marlborough College

2:48pm Monday 7th February 2011

PEOPLE in Marlborough have become used to seeing the rich and famous, members of the royal family as well as TV celebrities, coming to the town to visit their offspring at Marlborough College.

St John’s School

2:53pm Monday 7th February 2011

STUDENTS at the new St John’s School in Marlborough can say hands on heart that they look down on their peers at the town’s famous public school because their fabulous new almost space-age building has extensive views across the countryside including the Marlborough College campus.

Pewsey Carnival

2:58pm Monday 7th February 2011

THE words Pewsey and Carnival are synonymous and in the words of the old song “you can’t have one without the other”.

Pewsey Heritage Centre

3:01pm Monday 7th February 2011

ONE Pewsey gem that might not be obvious to a casual stroller is the village’s unique Heritage Centre.

Sport

3:04pm Monday 7th February 2011

MARLBOROUGH’S rugby and hockey clubs boast some of the best facilities and top teams in the area.

Savernake Forest

3:06pm Monday 7th February 2011

CALLING all caravanners and campers... there is a little known secret about the Savernake Forest campsite tucked away at the top of Postyern Hill on the Burbage road out of Marlborough.

White Horses

11:56am Thursday 8th February 2007

People living in Wiltshire have often taken advantage of the chalk downland to commemorate an event by cutting out a figure on a prominent escarpment, allowing the underlying calcium carbonate to show.

King Alfred’s legend

11:43am Thursday 8th February 2007

ASK for directions in Pewsey and the chances are your instructions will include the village's famous statue of Alfred The Great.

Kennet and Avon Canal

11:41am Thursday 8th February 2007

THE River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal both wind their way east-west through the area.

Riverbank Theatre project

11:39am Thursday 8th February 2007

PLANS for a new theatre in Marlborough are moving forward apace. A site in the water meadows adjacent to the George Lane car park has been earmarked for the theatre that has already been named, the Riverbank.