Welcome to Wilton

Thanks to @wiltshirecouncil for replacing the damaged traffic lights at the four corners junction in the town centre.

☀️ Solar Eclipse ☀️

The Moon will pass directly between Earth and the Sun, obscuring 92% of the sun from the town this evening.

🌅 Looking for somewhere with unobstructed views of the sky to witness the solar eclipse? Why not head down to Castle Meadow!

The eclipse will begin at 6.17pm with maximum occultation at around 7.12pm. The natural display will finish at 8.06pm.

The UK Health Security Agency has offered advice on how to view the eclipse safely:
😵 Eclipse-watchers should never look at the Sun directly.
😎 Ordinary sunglasses - even very dark ones - are not safe, because they do not block enough harmful solar radiation and can allow serious retinal damage.

Safe options include:
✅️ Use genuine eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer meeting ISO12312-2:2015(E) standards
✅️ View indirectly using a pinhole projector.
✅️ Do not look at the Sun through binoculars, a telescope, camera or other optics unless they have a correctly fitted specialist solar filter.

Because Wiltshire will see a partial eclipse, there is no point at which it is safe to view the Sun with the naked eye.

🤫 Top tip: Sit by the Pavilion and look across Castle Meadow over the Wallgate site

☎️ Our Phone Lines: Tomorrow ☎️

Tomorrow (Wednesday 12th August) we will be having the phone and broadband upgraded at the Council Offices.

There may be short periods of time throughout the day where our phone lines are out of service. Please bear with us, and if you can`t get through, call back later in the day or email admin@wiltontowncouncil.gov.uk

💭 Trivia Tuesday 💭

It`s Trivia Tuesday!

Do you know where in Wilton this carved stone civic insignia is?

We`ll give you a clue... the building is from 1891