Key facts

OS grid ref:  ST944295
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Postcode: SP3
Post town: Salisbury
Unitary Authority:  Wiltshire
Parliamentary Constituency: South West Wiltshire  

Tisbury

Tisbury is a very special Wiltshire village about 13 miles to the west of Salisbury, steeped in 2000 years of history and set in stunning countryside in the West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape. 

It’s included in The Sunday Times ‘best places to live’ list with judges claiming: Well-heeled and well-connected, Tisbury and its neighbouring villages offer country living at its most aspirational. A station and upmarket high street cover the practicalities and there are festivals, a choice of great places to eat and world-class exhibitions at the lovely Messums West arts centre.” 

In 2023 Muddy Stilettos added it to their best places to live list describing it as “country life for the smart set, with a station, lovely independent shops, pubs, cafes and a top-notch art gallery”.

Although a quintessentially English village it’s the largest in the Nadder Valley and has excellent local amenities, a thriving high street, and a friendly and buoyant community spirit.  It has a fire station, GP surgery, dentist, a mainline train station, a small supermarket, several pubs, a post office and delicatessen.  There is also a twice-monthly Saturday market

Up the hill from the village centre, is The Nadder Centre. This is a community centre, a library, modern sports facilities including fully-equipped fitness suits and studio, a multi-purpose sports hall, floodlit netball and tennis courts, as well as rooms to hire, a pre-school, children’s centre and café. Next door is the Tisbury Lido, an outdoor heated swimming pool. 

History

Tisbury was a Saxon settlement, Tysse’s Burgh, or ‘the stronghold of Tysse’s people’.  

In the churchyard of St John the Baptist are the graves of John Lockwood and Alice Kipling, the parents of the author Rudyard Kipling. After a long and distinguished artistic career in India, the Kiplings retired to a residence along Hindon Lane which they renamed ‘The Gables’. Their famous son visited them here and, while working on his novel ‘Kim’, used one of the pupils from Tisbury Boys’ School as the model for the main character. 

Walking and cycling

Tisbury is steeped in history, and The Tisbury History Society has a downloadable trail  which makes for an ideal way to explore the village on foot. 

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Patch

It’s safe to say that we live in one of most beautiful places in the British Isles, with everything from the culture and heritage of a city and the buzz of a market town, right down to the quietest rural villages. Each area has its own unique charm, so explore our patch to uncover where is perfect for you.