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Cabinet approved yesterday (27 September 2022) an exciting plan to secure the long-term future of Trowbridge Town Hall.

City Hall in Salisbury will remain an NHS vaccination centre until March 2023, but the council continues to plan for the venue's future as an entertainment and cultural venue.

May is Local and Community History Month and Wiltshire Council is celebrating local history with an array of events and exhibitions at libraries across the county.

Wiltshire Council has updated on its plans for City Hall when the venue is no longer required by the NHS

A rare Cruck-framed building at Kings Farm in Winterslow has been given Grade II* listed status after being found to have special architectural and historic interest.

Wiltshire Council's preparation for the construction at Melksham Community Campus site early last year revealed archaeological evidence from as early as the Iron Age (700BC to AD43), found by Cotswold Archaeology.

The Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre has launched an updated, more intuitive version of its Wiltshire Community History website. With a more modern feel, the site gives users the opportunity to gain a greater understanding and connection to the place where they or their ancestors lived.

More than 2,200 people from across the world attended a virtual South West Black History Month conference

The work will take place from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday and it's anticipated it will take around three months to complete

An e-volunteering project has resulted in a collection of historic postcards becoming the latest addition to an online heritage mapping resource