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Tidworth & Bulford 10 Tidworth & Bulford Leisure Time
Tidworth Tidworth forms one part of Tidworth, Netheravon and Bulford Garrison.
By 1902 42,000 acres of the plain had been purchased by the War Office. Units lived in the field and visited the plain to train. In 1903 work was well under way in the construction of permanent brick buildings in Tidworth. There were 8 barracks planned, 4 for the cavalry, (Aliwal, Assaye, Candahar & Mooltan) and 4 for the Infantry, (Bhurtpore, Delhi, Jellabad & Lucknow). Although the interiors have since been modernised the exteriors have changed little with the exception of Aliwal and Mooltan barracks which have been completely rebuilt as part of the planned Tidworth redevelopment. Lucknow barracks is also to be completely rebuilt as part of this redevelopment. Tidworth now boasts a Lidl supermarket and Leisure Centre complex. Station road has also been redeveloped and is now more user friendly.
Bulford Camp Bulford forms one part of Tidworth, Netheravon and Bulford Garrison.
Bulford, which lies at the foot of Beacon Hill adjacent to the A303 trunk road, comprises four named barracks. Picton and Kiwi Barracks lie to the east of the Marlborough Road whilst Wing and Ward Barracks lie to the west.
As part of the overall Garrison, Bulford is administered directly by Garrison Headquarters in Tidworth. Routine day to day management is undertaken by the Garrison Support Unit situated in Ward Barracks. In addition to routine management of Bulford, HQ GSU administers many of the smaller, non self-accounting units and civilian staff within the Garrison. This is achieved through Regimental and Civilian Administrative Offices and a Quartermaster Department.
Amesbury
Situated just over 8 miles from Tidworth Camp, Amesbury is a small market town. The market is held on Wednesdays. The earliest evidence of occupation is Vespasian’s camp to the West of modern Amesbury, just over the river. This is an Iron Age Promontory Fort, which was occupied in the Roman era, and appears to have been a local Administrative Centre. About the 4th Century AD, the people living and farming on what is now Boscombe Down Airfield moved to the protection of the Fort area and the enlargement to Amesbury has continued from then. In 979 AD, a Religious establishment was started on the site of the current Parish Church, and this place has been continuously in use since then. The Abbey land was given to the Seymour family after the dissolution by Henry VIII. The present Lords of the Manor, the Antrobus family have put much into local life, prominent among this is the Antrobus House – run by the Lady Antrobus Trust.
Amesbury has Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic and Baptist Churches; several Public Houses, Restaurants and Take Away food shops, also its own Bus Station, as well as many shops and free Car Parks.
Salisbury Plain
One of the earliest settlement areas in the British Isles; well endowed with ancient monuments, and rare plants and birds.
Used for a long time for military exercises, largely with the permission of the local landowners, in modern times the situation became stabilised.
From the beginning of this century until the outbreak of the 1939-1945 War, the Army gradually bought up large areas of Salisbury Plain for training purposes. Together with this land acquisition went the building of camps for the soldiers and quarters for the families. In recent years, a great deal of rebuilding and modernisation has taken
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