The Visitor. Covering Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire
The Visitor. Magazine covering Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire. Since 1983.
A brand new BBC Animal Park series from Longleat begins on Monday, July 31st. Filmed at the Wiltshire estate and in Kenya, the 10-part series stars presenters Kate Humble, Ben Fogle and Jean Johansson and will be broadcast at 9.15am every weekday until August 11thon BBC1. Entitled ‘Animal Park Summer Special’ this will be the 12th series which has come from Longleat. The very first episode was broadcast back in 2000. Full story: Read more
Longleat is playing a vital role in a last ditch international race to save the world’s rarest rhino from extinction. The northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), whose wild population was estimated in the thousands as recently as 1960, was virtually wiped out in the 2000s due to poaching. Full story: Read more
Young bands from a Bath and Trowbridge rock school showed that months of practice had paid off when they raised the roof at their end of year concert. More than 30 members of The Rock Project, who have spent a year being taught by professional, gigging musicians, took part in the gig. Full story: Read more