Editing Old Sarum (section)

== 20th and 21st centuries ==
The Old Sarum monument is now administered by [[English Heritage]], and non-members are charged for admission.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Old Sarum|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/old-sarum/|access-date=2021-11-03|website=English Heritage}}</ref> A paved carpark and grass overflow carpark are provided in the eastern area of the outer bailey.

In 1917, during [[World War I]], farmland about {{Convert|1|mi}} north-east of Old Sarum, along the [[Port Way|Portway]], was developed as the 'Ford Farm' [[aerodrome]]. That became [[Old Sarum Airfield]], which remained in operation with a single grass runway until at least 2019<ref>{{Cite news|title=Salisbury Old Sarum Airfield closes after housing plan rejected|date=31 October 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-50247960|access-date=2023-01-18}}</ref> with a small business park which developed along the north edge of the airfield. As of January 2023 the airfield is still operational, but only by prior arrangement.<ref>{{Cite web|date=Jan 2023|title=Old Sarum Airfield Ltd|url=https://www.oldsarumairfield.co.uk/}}</ref>

Around 800 homes were built on the north side of the Portway between 2008 and 2016,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=May 2021|title=Laverstock and Ford Communities Draft Neighbourhood Plan – Appendix 4: Development of the Parish|url=https://www.lfcnp.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/210422-Appendix-4-Development-of-the-parish-Version-5.2.pdf|access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> and this area (which includes Old Sarum Primary School)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Old Sarum Primary School|url=https://www.oldsarum.wilts.sch.uk/|access-date=2021-11-03|website=}}</ref> is also called Old Sarum. From 2018, further housing called Longhedge Village, around 750 homes accessed from the [[A345 road|A345]], was built immediately north of the earlier development.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=May 2021|title=Laverstock and Ford Communities Draft Neighbourhood Plan|url=https://www.lfcnp.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/210505-Draft-NP-Pre-Submission-Consultation-Version-%E2%80%93-online.pdf|access-date=3 November 2021}}</ref> These areas all fall within [[Laverstock]] civil parish, while the monument itself – separated from modern development by about {{Convert|0.6|mi|4=0}} of farmland – is within the [[Salisbury City Council|Salisbury City]] area.<ref name="boundaries" />

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File:Old Sarum Salisbury drone footage.webm|Drone view of Old Sarum
File:Old Sarum Cathedral with motte.JPG|The present ruins: the exposed foundations of the cathedral in the foreground and the Norman central motte behind
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