Editing Salisbury (section)

==Geography==
Salisbury is approximately halfway between Exeter and London being 80 miles (128&nbsp;km) east-northeast of [[Exeter]], 78 miles (126&nbsp;km) west-southwest of London and also {{convert|34|mi|km}} south of [[Swindon]], {{convert|20|mi|km}} northwest of [[Southampton]] and {{convert|32|mi|km}} southeast of [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]].[[File:Queen Elizabeth Gardens 2011.jpg|thumb|Queen Elizabeth Gardens, showing part of the River Avon diverted through the gardens]]
The geology of the area, as with much of South Wiltshire and [[Hampshire]], is largely chalk.  The rivers which flow through the city have been redirected, and along with landscaping, have been used to feed into public gardens.  They are popular in the summer, particularly in Queen Elizabeth Gardens, as the water there is shallow and slow-flowing enough to enter safely.  Because of the low-lying land, the rivers are prone to flooding, particularly during the winter months.  The Town Path, a walkway that links [[Harnham]] with the rest of the city, is at times impassable.

[[Water-meadow]]s at Harnham, fed by two branches of the [[River Nadder]], are first documented in the 17th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Harnham Water Meadows Trust |url=https://www.salisburywatermeadows.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=Historic England |title=Conserving Historic Water Meadows |page=16}}</ref> [[East Harnham Meadows]], in the floodplain of the [[River Avon, Hampshire|Avon]], is a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=East Harnham Meadows SSSI |url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S2000175&SiteName=&countyCode=48&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |access-date=17 January 2023 |website=Natural England}}</ref>

There are civil airfields at [[Old Sarum Airfield|Old Sarum]] (where the experimental aircraft the [[Edgley Optica]] was developed and tested) and at [[Thruxton, Hampshire|Thruxton]] near [[Andover, Hampshire|Andover]].

===Areas and suburbs===
Salisbury has many areas and suburbs, most of them being former villages that were absorbed by the growth of the city. The boundaries of these areas are for the most part unofficial and not fixed. All of these suburbs are within Salisbury's ONS Urban Area, which had a population of 44,748 in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salisbury (Wiltshire, South West England, United Kingdom) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information |url=http://citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-southwestengland.php?cityid=E34004306 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805180929/http://citypopulation.de/php/uk-england-southwestengland.php?cityid=E34004306 |archive-date=5 August 2017 |access-date=5 August 2017 |website=citypopulation.de}}</ref> However, not all of these suburbs are administered by the city council, and are therefore not within the eight wards that had a combined population of 40,302 in 2011. Two parishes are part of the urban area but outside Salisbury parish.

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* [[Bemerton]]
* [[Bemerton|Lower Bemerton]]
* [[Bemerton]] Heath
* [[Laverstock and Ford|Hampton Park]]
* [[Laverstock and Ford]] (outside city council area)
* City Centre
* Churchfields
* [[East Harnham]]
* [[West Harnham]]
* Harnham Hill
* [[Stratford-sub-Castle]]
* St Paul's
* St Francis
* Fisherton 
* St Mark's 
* Bishopdown
* [[Milford, Wiltshire|Milford]]
* St Edmund
* Petersfinger
* [[Netherhampton]] (outside city council area)
* Paul's Dene
* Friary Estate (formerly known as [[Bugmore]])
* St Martin's
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Surrounding parishes, villages and towns rely on Salisbury for some services. The following are within a 4-mile radius of the city centre and are listed in approximately clockwise order:

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* [[Britford]]
* [[Odstock]]
* [[Quidhampton, Wiltshire|Quidhampton]]
* [[Nunton]]
* [[Homington]]
* [[Old Sarum]]
* [[Little Durnford]]
* [[Fugglestone St Peter]]
* [[Alderbury]]
* [[Bodenham, Wiltshire|Bodenham]]
* [[Downton, Wiltshire|Downton]]
* [[Wilton, Wiltshire|Wilton]]
* [[Charlton-All-Saints|Charlton All Saints]]
* [[Ditchampton]]
* [[Bulbridge]]
* [[Coombe Bissett]]
* [[Ugford]]
* [[South Newton]]
* [[Winterbourne Earls]]
* [[Winterbourne Gunner]]
* [[Winterbourne Dauntsey]]
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