Community areas

What is a community area?

The Wiltshire community areas were defined in the early 1990’s in response to a review of local government boundaries that set greater store by ‘natural’ communities, i.e. areas that described real patterns of local life (shopping, employment, schooling, etc.) as opposed to administrative boundaries.

A number of dimensions were used to define these areas of local life including:- secondary school catchment areas, local convenience shopping patterns, postcode town boundaries, pre-1974 urban and rural district council boundaries, housing market areas, journey to work catchment areas, a historical study of patterns of local life by local historian, Dr. John Chandler, and the local geology/topography of the county.

Six of Wiltshire’s twenty community areas are in Salisbury district, namely:

  • City community area
  • Four Rivers community area (also known as Wilton area)
  • Mere community area
  • Nadder Valley community area (also known as Tisbury area)
  • Southern community area (also known as Downton area)
  • Stonehenge community area (also known as Amesbury or Northern area)

List of towns and parishes in the rural community areas

Parishes in the Nadder Valley community area: Ansty, Berwick St John, Berwick St Leonard, Chicklade, Chilmark, Donhead St Andrew, Donhead St Mary, Fonthill Bishop, Fonthill Gifford, Fovant, Hindon, Swallowcliffe, Sutton Mandeville, Tisbury, Tollard Royal, West Tisbury
Parishes in the Southern community area: Alderbury, Britford, Clarendon Park, Coombe Bissett, Downton, Farley & Pitton, Grimstead, Landford, Laverstock, Odstock, Redlynch, West Dean, Whiteparish and Winterslow
Parishes in the Four Rivers community area: Alvediston, Barford St Martin, Berwick St James, Bishoptone, Bowerchalke, Broadchalke, Burcombe, Compton Chamberlayne, Dinton, Ebbesbourne Wake, Great Wishford, Hanging Langford, Netherhampton, Quidhampton, South Newton, Stapleford, Steeple Langford, Stratford Tony, Teffont, Wilton, Winterbourne Stoke, Wylye.
Parishes in the Mere and district community area: East Knoyle, Kilmington, Maiden Bradley and Yarnfield, Mere, Stourton with Gasper, Sedgehill and Semley, West Knoyle, Zeals.
Parishes in the Stonehenge community area: Allington, Amesbury, Bulford, Cholderton, Durnford, Durrington, Figheldean, Firsdown, Idmiston, Milston, Newton Tony, Orcheston, Shrewton, Tilshead, Wilsford, the Winterbournes, Woodford.

Contact details:

Telephone:
01722 434223

email:
swsa@salisbury.gov.uk

Postal address:
Community Initiatives
Salisbury District Council
PO Box 2117
Salisbury
SP2 2DF