Explore Wiltshire Heritage App
The Heritage and Arts Team and the Wiltshire Towns Programme are pleased to launch Explore Wiltshire, an interactive app providing free heritage trails around our town centres.
How can people download the app?
Explore Wiltshire is available free for download to Apple and Android devices via the:
Why has the app been created?
The aim of the app is to enable residents and visitors to Wiltshire the opportunity to explore the rich, diverse heritage of more of Wiltshire’s market towns. The Salisbury Trails app that was launched in 2020 will amalgamate into the new Explore Wiltshire app.
The app has been created in collaboration with town and parish councils and is free and easy to use. It has been designed by Bristol-based app developer Calvium, on their Place Experience Platform.
It will initially be launching in five towns plus Salisbury - Bradford on Avon, Chippenham, Cricklade, Devizes and Warminster. It will also link to the existing Explore Malmesbury webpage. It is planned that new trails covering the areas of Marlborough, Pewsey, Tisbury and Trowbridge will follow later in the year.
Once launched, the featured town and parish councils, and their local communities, will be able to add their own trails and content will be developed as more communities get involved.
What content will the app contain?
The new app is location-aware and features information about historical landmarks, cultural sites, people and events that have helped to shape Wiltshire’s heritage.
With interactive maps, walking trails, hunts and challenges; plus photographs, audio and visual clips, engravings and information from the archives of the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre.
Each town will feature an introduction from Wessex Archaeology and TV’s Time Team Phil Harding.
More information about heritage projects
One of the roles of the Heritage Service is to support over 40 independent, voluntary and town council led museums across the county. The new app will provide opportunities for local museums and heritage organisations, and projects, to add new content and trails to exploit their collections, draw more footfall and link to their digital presence.
This follows the conclusion of a successful Data to Discovery pilot project with selected museums to open up their collections: https://collections.museumsinwiltshire.org.uk/.
