West Wiltshire

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West Wiltshire District
West Wiltshire
Location in Wiltshire
status District
region South West England
Administration County Wiltshire
Administrative headquarters Trowbridge
surface 516.92 km² (96.)
Residents 125,700 (156.)
ONS code 46UF
Website -
founding 1974
resolution 2009

West Wiltshire was a district in the county of Wiltshire in England . The administrative seat was Trowbridge ; other significant places were Atworth , Bradford-on-Avon , Longleat , Melksham , Warminster and Westbury .

The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 and was the result of the merger of the urban districts of Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury and the rural districts of Bradford and Melksham and Warminster and Westbury .

On April 1, 2009, in addition to West Wiltshire, all other districts in Wiltshire were abolished and united in the new Wiltshire Unitary Authority .