Editing Amesbury (section)

===Recent history===
With the establishment of the military [[Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment]] at [[Boscombe Down]] in 1939, Amesbury began to expand. As it lies within the A303 commuter belt, Amesbury has seen substantial developments on the land between the old town centre and Boscombe Down. Several new housing estates have been completed, and the most recent one – Archers Gate – has taken its name from the discovery of the [[Amesbury Archer]]. At the Boscombe Down junction of the A303, a mixed business development known as Solstice Park has been built.

On 30 June 2018, two British nationals [[2018 Amesbury poisonings|were poisoned]] using [[Novichok]] [[nerve agent]]s before being found unconscious at a property in Amesbury; one of them, Dawn Sturgess, later died.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44719639|title=Amesbury Novichok poisoning: Couple exposed to nerve agent|date=5 July 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=5 July 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=4 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704212124/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44719639|url-status=live}}</ref> Almost four months earlier, the same nerve agents were used in the [[poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal]] in nearby Salisbury. In 2020 it was reported that the Amesbury property would be demolished.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morris|first=Steven|date=2020-06-09|title=Wiltshire flat where novichok victim fell ill to be demolished|url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/09/wiltshire-flat-novichok-demolished-dawn-sturgess|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-16|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516110543/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jun/09/wiltshire-flat-novichok-demolished-dawn-sturgess}}</ref>