Tidworth
Tidworth is a town in south-east
Wiltshire,
England with a growing
civilian population. Situated at the eastern edge of
Salisbury Plain, it is approximately 10 miles west of
Andover, 12 miles south of
Marlborough, 24 miles south of
Swindon, 15 miles north by north-east of
Salisbury and 6 miles east of
Amesbury. Its population is approximately 9,500.
Tidworth's
Polo Club is the second largest in the country.
Tidworth used to be administratively divided into
North Tidworth and South Tidworth, with the northern part of the town in Wiltshire and the southern part in
Hampshire. When the boundary between the two counties was redrawn in
1992, the old distinction vanished and all the town became part of Wiltshire. The separate parts remained as two separate
civil parishes until
April 1,
2004.
Tidworth was listed in the
Domesday book as Todeorde, in the
Andover Hundred, in "Hantscire".
The musician
James Blunt was born in Tidworth.
The musician Yousseph "
Chico" Slimani performed at the Tidworth Festival in July, 2006.
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Tidworth Festival*
Tidworth Polo Club
