Are you looking to buy or rent that perfect country cottage or family home in Wiltshire?

If you are looking to buy or rent that perfect country cottage or family home in Wiltshire then you have picked a great place to live in. With its sweeping chalk and limestone downland and pretty valleys and vales, this sizable (1,345 sq miles), mainly rural county, stretches from Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire in the North to Dorset and Hampshire in the South with Somerset to the West and Berkshire to the East.

Introduction to Wiltshire life

The bulk of the county’s population of 613,000 live along the M4 corridor to the North with Swindon, Chippenham and Marlborough being the main towns, the former being the largest and known for its engineering, electronic and manufacturing industries. To the West are a number of smaller towns such as Trowbridge, Melksham and Westbury that grew from the 19^th Century wool industry.

To the South of the market and brewing town of Devizes on the Kennet & Avon Canal is the large expanse of Salisbury Plain known for its military training grounds and prehistoric archaeology with Stonehenge and Avebury being amongst the most famous Neolithic sites in the World.

Property in Wiltshire

Rural View sell and let village homes, farmhouses and country property in South Wiltshire. This lovely agricultural area being made up of five river valleys called the Chalke, Nadder, Wylye, Woodford and Bourne Valleys. Rather confusingly, the rivers running through the Chalke and Woodford Valleys are actually the Ebble and Avon respectively whilst the Western end of the Wylye Valley is known as the Deverill Valley and the upper reaches of the Nadder Valley are called the Donheads! These rivers cut through rolling chalk downland, much of which is classified as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and all join up near or at Salisbury to become the River Avon.

Salisbury, Wiltshire

Salisbury’s roots go back to the Iron Age hill fort of Old Sarum before construction of the iconic cathedral began in 1217. This attractive medieval city holds twice weekly markets and is well known for its arts, schools, hospital and the many historic buildings around the Cathedral Close. The railway station has direct mainline services to London (Waterloo).

Just to the West of Salisbury, at the gateway to the Nadder and Wylye Valleys, is the small town of Wilton; the ancient capital of Wessex, site of the riverside stately home of Wilton House and once famous for the quality of its carpet production.

Warminster, Wiltshire

Despite its military connections, Warminster’s name is thought to derive from the River Were and owes its prosperity in the middle ages from corn, cloth and bell making. Close by is the Longleat Estate with its stately home, safari park, holiday centre and boating lake at Shear Water whilst Stourhead is much loved for its splendid National Trust owned gardens.

The southern border of the county forms part of Cranborne Chase, a large chalk plateau, the highest point being at Win Green with views as far as the Isle of Wight.

5 little known facts about Wiltshire

1. The largest Chinese restaurant in the UK is The Pagoda Palace in Swindon
2. Bremilham Church, Malmesbury measuring just 13 x 11ft, is the smallest church in Britain with a single pew for 4 people & standing room for 6
3. The Britpop band Oasis took their name from an Inspiral Carpets tour poster in Noel & Liam Gallagher’s bedroom; one of the venues was the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon
4. The phenomenon of crop circles originate from the 1980’s in North Wiltshire particularly around the Marlborough Downs & Pewsey Vale area
5. The people of Wiltshire used to be known as Moonrakers following excise men catching smugglers trying to retrieve contraband hidden in a pond at night; the criminals said they were raking the moon’s reflections on the surface of the water to gather cheese

As village and rural Estate Agents we are delighted to be sponsoring a cultural rural event in the beautiful Deverill Valley.

The Festival of Performing Arts which takes place over the coming Bank Holiday weekend has attracted a large number of excellent acts and promises to be an enriching occasion, with performances to suit all tastes and tickets that are affordable.

Being based in the nearby Nadder Valley, Rural View is a very local agent and we are therefore delighted to be supporting an event of this calibre on our doorstep.

If you would like to know more please visit the festival website and buy your tickets while they last.

Are you thinking about selling your property?

Rural View has become a highly regarded agency with a reputation for successfully selling property including country houses across South Wiltshire, North Dorset, South Somerset and West Hampshire.

Our approach to selling property

Our approach is simple: to provide an excellent service involving the most extensive, good quality marketing and to handle all our country property sales with integrity and a friendly, personal touch. We look after our clients as we ourselves would want to be looked after, which after all should be the basis of any good service.

It is a source of considerable pride that much of our business comes from personal recommendation. Former clients and customers have been generous in their praise and testimonials which has culminated in our being shortlisted for the ESTAS 2014, the property World’s equivalent of the BAFTAs.

We are members of the National Association of Estate Agents and the Property Ombudsman Scheme both of which promote strict procedures, high standards of practice and regulation.

Viewings of rural properties

We carry out viewings ourselves, keeping our clients constantly updated on activity and feedback. Offers are negotiated intuitively and with integrity and we go the extra mile to ensure that each individual property sale runs as smoothly as possible using our considerable experience and professionalism to achieve a more than satisfactory conclusion.

If you are considering selling property in the foreseeable future please contact us for a free and discreet market appraisal. We would be delighted to hear from you.

Hampshire State Primary Schools

Abbotts Ann C of E Primary School, Andover

Amport C of E Primary School, Andover

Andover C of E Primary School, Andover

Appleshaw St Peter’s C of E Primary School, Andover

Beaulieu Village Primary School, Brockenhurst

Breamore C of E Primary School, Fordingbridge

Brockenhurst C of E Primary School, Brockenhurst

Broughton Primary School, Stockbridge

Burley Primary School, Ringwood

Clatford C of E Primary School, Andover

Grateley Primary School, Andover

Hale Primary School, Fordingbridge

Hatherden CofE Primary School, Andover

Hurstbourne Tarrant C of E Primary School, Andover

Hyde C of E Primary School, Fordingbridge

Kimpton, Thruxton And Fyfield C of E Primary School, Andover

King’s Somborne C of E Primary School, Stockbridge

Longparish C of E Primary School, Andover

Ringwood Junior School, Ringwood

St Mary Bourne Primary School, Andover

Stockbridge Primary School, Stockbridge

Vernham Dean Gillum’s C of E Primary School, Andover

Wallop Primary School, Stockbridge

West Tytherley C of E Primary School, Salisbury

Western Downland C of E Primary School, Fordingbridge

Wherwell Primary School, Andover

Hampshire State Secondary Schools

The Burgate School And Sixth Form Centre, Fordingbridge

Harrow Way Community School, Andover

John Hanson Community School, Andover

Ringwood School, Ringwood

Test Valley School, Stockbridge

Hampshire Independent Primary/Prep Schools

Forres Sandle Manor, Fordingbridge

Moyles Court, Ringwood

Wiltshire State Primary Schools

Alderbury & West Grimstead Church of England Primary School

All Saints (VA) Church of England Primary School, Netheravon

Amesbury Archer Primary School, Amesbury

Amesbury Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Amesbury

Bemerton St John Church of England Aided Primary School, Salisbury

Bitham Brook Primary School, Westbury

Bratton Primary School, Bratton

Broadchalke Church of England Primary School, Broadchalke, Salisbury

Bulford St Leonard’s Church of England (VA) Primary School, Bulford

Chapmanslade Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Westbury

Chilmark and Fonthill Bishop Church of England Aided Primary School, Salisbury

Christ The King Catholic School, Amesbury

Churchfields The Village School, Atworth, Melksham

Clarendon Infants School, Tidworth

Coombe Bissett Church of England Primary School, Salisbury

Crockerton Church of England Primary School, Warminster

Dauntsey Academy Primary School, West Lavington

Dilton Marsh Church of England Primary School, Westbury

Dinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Salisbury

Downton Church of England (VA) Primary School, Downton

Durrington All Saints Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants’ School, Durrington

Durrington Church of England Controlled Junior School, Durrington

Easton Royal Community Primary School, Pewsey

Figheldean St Michael’s Church of England Primary School, Salisbury

Gomeldon Primary School, Salisbury

Great Bedwyn Church of England School, Marlborough

Great Wishford Church of England (VA) Primary School, Salisbury

Greentrees Primary School, Salisbury

Grove Primary School, Trowbridge

Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior School, Salisbury

Harnham Infant School, Salisbury

Heytesbury Church of England Primary School, Warminster

Hilperton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Trowbridge

Hindon Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Mary’s and St John’s, Salisbury

Holbrook Primary School, Trowbridge

Holt Voluntary Controlled School, Trowbridge

Horningsham Primary School, Warminster

Keevil Church of England Primary School, Trowbridge

Kiwi Primary School, Bulford, Salisbury

Larkhill Primary School, Salisbury

Longford Church of England Primary School, Salisbury

Ludgershall Castle Primary School, Andover

Ludwell Community Primary School, Ludwell

Manor Fields Primary School, Salisbury

Mere School

Morgan’s Vale and Woodfalls Church of England (VA) Primary School, Downton

New Close Community School, Warminster

Newton Tony Church of England Voluntary Aided School, Salisbury

Newtown Community Primary School, Trowbridge

North Bradley Church of England Primary School, Trowbridge

Old Sarum Primary School, Salisbury

Paxcroft Primary School, Trowbridge

Pembroke Park Primary School, Salisbury

Pitton Church of England Primary School, Salisbury

Princecroft Primary School, Warminster

St Andrew’s Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Salisbury

St Barnabas Church of England School, Market Lavington

St George’s Catholic Primary School, Warminster

St George’s Church of England Primary School, Semington Trowbridge

St John’s Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Trowbridge)

St John’s Church of England Primary School, Tisbury

St John’s Church of England School, Warminster

St Mark’s Church of England Junior School, Salisbury

St Martin’s Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Salisbury

St Nicholas Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Porton, Salisbury

St Osmund’s Catholic Primary School, Salisbury

St Thomas à Becket Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Tilshead, Salisbury

Sarum St Pauls Church of England Primary School, Salisbury

Semley Church of England Voluntary Aised Primary School, Semley

Shrewton Church of England Primary School, Salisbury

Southwick Church of England Primary School, Trowbridge

Staverton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Trowbridge

Stratford-sub-Castle Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Salisbury

Studley Green Primary School, Trowbridge

Sutton Veny Church of England Primary School, Warminster

The Avenue Primary School and Early Years Centre, Warminster

The Mead Community Primary School, Trowbridge

The Minster Church of England Primary School, Warminster

The New Forest Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Nomansland and Landford, Salisbury

Trowbridge Longmeadow Primary School

Walwayne Court School, Trowbridge

Wardour Catholic Primary School, Salisbury

Warminster Sambourne Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Warminster

West Ashton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Trowbridge

Westbury Church of England Primary School. Westbury

Westbury Infant School, Westbury

Westbury Leigh Church of England Primary School, Westbury

Whiteparish All Saints Church of England Primary School, Salisbury

Whitesheet Church of England (VA) Primary School, Warminster

Wilton and Barford Church of England Primary School, Salisbury

Winterbourne Earls Church of England Primary School, Salisbury

Winterslow Church of England Aided Primary School, Salisbury

Woodford Valley Church of England Aided School, Salisbury

Woodlands Primary School, Salisbury

Wootton Bassett Infant School

Wylye Valley Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Warminster

Wyndham Park Infants’ School, Salisbury

Zouch Primary School, Tidworth

Wiltshire State Secondary Schools

Avon Valley College, (Durrington)

The Clarendon College, (Trowbridge)

Kingdown School, (Warminster)

Matravers School, (Westbury)

The John of Gaunt School, (Trowbridge)

Lavington School, (Market Lavington)

Matravers School, (Westbury)

Sarum Academy, (Salisbury)

St Augustine’s Catholic College, (Trowbridge)

St Edmund’s Girls’ School, Salisbury

St Joseph’s Catholic School, (Salisbury)

The Stonehenge School, (Amesbury)

The Trafalgar School at Downton, (Downton)

Warminster Kingdown, (Warminster)

The Wellington Academy, (Tidworth)

Wyvern College, (Salisbury)

Wiltshire Grammar Schools

Bishop Wordsworth’s Church of England Grammar School, (selective, Salisbury)

South Wilts Grammar School for Girls, (selective, Salisbury)

Wiltshire Independent Primary/Prep Schools

Chafyn Grove School, (Salisbury)

Leaden Hall, Salisbury

Salisbury Cathedral School, (Salisbury)

Wiltshire Independent Schools

Belmont School, (non selective, Salisbury)

Dauntsey’s School, (non selective, West Lavington, Devizes)

The Godolphin School, (selective, Salisbury)

Leehurst Swan School, (selective, Salisbury)

St Mary’s School, (selective, Calne)

Tisbury School, (selective, Tisbury)

Tumblewood Community School, (non selective, Westbury)

Warminster School, (selective, Warminster)

Special Schools

Larkrise School, (Trowbridge)

Exeter House School, (Salisbury)