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The GOOD, the bad and the ugly of Devizes’s history is showcased in a new historical trail.

The GOOD, the bad and the ugly of Devizes’s history is showcased in a new historical trail. Natasha Morabito, who lives in Lymington, has worked throughout the latest lockdown to pull together an interactive trail to be enjoyed by locals and visitors alike. The tour was created for the Secret Stories app - a new project by Ordnance Survey to encourage people on mapped adventures. Starting at the Market Place, the Devizes tour takes would-be historians on a walking tour of the town - with different periods of history highlighted via the app. Natasha Natasha said: “I wanted someth...

A new station on the outskirts of Devizes will soon offer people the chance to revisit what was once an integral part of the market town. Devizes railway station – on the branch line between Holt Junction to Patney & Chirton Junction - operated between 1857 and 1966. The Reading-Hungerford line was quickly extended in 1862 westward via Pewsey to Devizes, reaching the station through a tunnel under Devizes Castle, in what proved to be the busiest period for the Devizes station. The line was entirely closed in 1966, and now there is little trace of what once was a bustling rail commu...