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Trowbridge
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Trowbridge ( ) is the county town of Wiltshire, England, situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, close to the border with Somerset. The town lies south-east of Bath, south-west of Swindon and south-east of Bristol. The parish had a population of 37,169 in 2021.
Key facts
- UK place.type
- County town
- UK place.static_image_name
- Town Hall, Trowbridge.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Trowbridge Town Hall, seen from Fore Street
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Trowbridge
- UK place.population
- 37,169
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South West Wiltshire
- UK place.post_town
- TROWBRIDGE
- UK place.postcode_district
- BA14
- UK place.postcode_area
- BA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01225
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST856579
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Welcome to Trowbridge - The County Town of Wiltshire | Trowbridge Town Council
Discover Trowbridge, the historic county town of Wiltshire. Explore local events, community services, and the latest news. Get involved and stay connected with Trowbridge Town Council.
trowbridge.gov.uk →Link to the official site · 8,685 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Wiltshire
- Population
- 32304
- Elevation
- 58
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- Wiltshire
- Official website
- www.trowbridge.gov.uk
- Image
- Town Hall, Trowbridge.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01225
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- native label
- Trowbridge
- Commons category
- Trowbridge
- twinned administrative body
- Oujda
- topic's main category
- Category:Trowbridge
- OS grid reference
- ST855579
- postal code
- BA14
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Trowbridge
- Commons gallery
- Trowbridge
- P8168
- Coleman Hawkins
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Lothar Meyer
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Early history
- Castle
- Woollen cloth industry
- 1800s to present
- 21st-century redevelopment
- Architecture
- Governance
- Geography
- Demography
- Transport
- Education
- Healthcare
- Shopping and entertainment
- Notable people
- Sport and leisure
- Town twinning
- See also
- References
- External links
Trowbridge ( ) is the county town of Wiltshire, England, situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, close to the border with Somerset. The town lies south-east of Bath, south-west of Swindon and south-east of Bristol. The parish had a population of 37,169 in 2021.
Long a market town, the Kennet and Avon canal to the north of Trowbridge played an instrumental part in the town's development, as it allowed coal to be transported from the Somerset Coalfield; this marked the advent of steam-powered manufacturing in woollen cloth mills. The town was the foremost centre of woollen cloth production in south-west England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, by which time it held the nickname "The Manchester of the West".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trowbridge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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