About Warminster: Fore Street

New Zip Wire And Mini-Climbing Trail Installed At The Fore Street Play Area

Wednesday 11th March 2026

Press release from Warminster Town Council:

Town Council Invests In New Equipment At Popular Play Area

A new metal cableway (zip-wire) and mini-climbing trail have been installed at Fore Street Play Area (Fore Street, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 8DD) following town council investment.

Cllr Andrew Cooper, Mayor of Warminster said: “The new equipment really does look fantastic. We have so many quality play areas around the town, lots of places for children to enjoy. It really enhances the community feel of Warminster.”

The changes have been made to keep the play equipment up-to-date, safe and fun for the community as the town council continues to strengthen its commitment to maintaining and investing in its assets and attracting people to the town.

The town council manages nine play areas in Warminster at: The Lake Pleasure Grounds, Portway, Queensway, The Dene, Princess Gardens, The Beeches, Pound Street, Fore Street, and The Heathlands.

As the zip wire is brand new the cable is slightly higher than previously – over time it will become easier for all to use.

For more information contact Warminster Town Council, Tel: 01985 214847 or email: admin@warminster-tc.gov.uk

Revitalising The Field At Fore Street, Warminster

Saturday 1st November 2025

Amy Darbyshire, of Sustainable Warminster, writes:

Thank you to those who came and volunteered with idverde on Thursday morning to revitalise the field off of Fore Street. It’s going to be a nicer place for our pollinators and of course for our town!

Plug plants planted included wild marjoram, vipers bugloss, common knapweed, scabious, and red clover.

Amazing effort, looking forward to seeing it buzzing with life!

Wild Flower Plug Planting Session At Fore Street, Warminster

15th October 2025

From Sustainable Warminster:

Looking for a wholesome, family friendly activity which aims to enhance our community and pollinator biodiversity?

We’re looking for volunteers to join us for a wildflower plug planting session at Fore Street, Warminster, on Thursday, 30 October, starting at 9:30 am.

This is a fantastic opportunity to help bring more colour, biodiversity, and pollinator-friendly planting to this community space, and we’d love your involvement.

Event Details: Fore Street, Warminster, Starting at 9:30 am.

Induction: Brief 15-minute overview before we get started.

Duration: Around 3 hours.

Please bring the following:

-Your own water or refreshments, such as hot drinks (especially if it’s chilly), plus snacks.

-Clothing: Please wear suitable outdoor clothing for the weather, gardening gloves and sturdy footwear for uneven ground.

-A hand trowel.

Please note that you will need to complete a volunteer form on arrival.

This event is during half term, so it’s a perfect chance for families and young people to get involved too.

Let us know if you can make it by either commenting on this post or emailing Amy directly: press@sustainablewarminster.co.uk, and feel free to spread the word!

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Dogs Are Not Allowed In Warminster’s Play Parks For Children

Friday 25th July 2025

Press release from Warminster Town Council:

Warminster Town Council is issuing a friendly reminder that dogs are not allowed in children’s play park areas in Warminster (except guide dogs).

The town council is reminding dog owners to be respectful to this rule, which is in place for safety reasons – following an increase of dogs in council managed play parks around the town.

Some young children are afraid of dogs, and being around them in a play park area can cause distress.

The town council manages nine play park areas in Warminster. They are situated at: The Lake Pleasure Grounds, Portway, Queensway, The Dene, Princess Gardens, The Beeches, Pound Street, Fore Street, and The Heathlands.

For more information contact Warminster Town Council, Tel: 01985 214847 or email: admin@warminster-tc.gov.uk

Temporary Closure (For Resurfacing Work) Of Part Of Deverill Road And Part Of Fore Street, Warminster

Thursday 7th June 2018

Wiltshire Council.
Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
Urgent Closure of Deverill Road (Part) and Fore Street (Part), Warminster.

WILTSHIRE COUNCIL HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that on 18th June 2018, the following length of road shall be closed to all traffic in the interests of public safety to enable Tarmac to carry out carriageway resurfacing and associated maintenance works.
Deverill Road (Part), Warminster; from its junction with Chapel Street to its junction with Sambourne Road.
Fore Street (Part), Warminster; from its junction with Deverill Road for a distance of approximately 30m in a westerly direction.

Alternative route: via Deverill Road (Unaffected length) – Weymouth Street – B3414 – Victoria Road – A36 Warminster ByPass and vice versa.
The closure and diversion route will be clearly indicated by traffic signs and access will be maintained for residents and businesses where possible throughout the works period.

These works will commence on 18 June 2018 and are anticipated to be required for 5 days between 19:00 until 00:00. This Notice will have a maximum duration of 5 days.

For further information regarding these works please contact Davina Tigwell (Atkins) on 01225730360.
Sustainable Transport Group, County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge BA14 8JN.
Ref: SH/JUN2018.

Fore Street Playing Field To Be Rented To Warminster Rugby Club?

From Focus, 5, the newsletter of Warminster Liberal Party, published November 1989:

Comment
The Council are at it again. Doctor Alcock’s Recreation Ground was created in 1912. The Council in 1950 built Alcock Crest on it, so to replace it the Council created the Fore Street Playing Field which was called Frank Moody’s Field – on land given by the granddaughters and was ‘dedicated forever as a children’s pleasure ground’.

So, the Council let it run down, removed the goalposts, marked out a rugby pitch and are going to rent it to the Rugby Club for its senior team.

Surely the Council should not be charging for recreational facilities and should be supplying proper facilities for the children at Fore Street and a proper rugby facility elsewhere.

Or are their bad policy decisions of the past about greenfield sites coming home to roost? It is a shame that we never seem to know what is going on until the workmen actually turn up to do the job.

A Bund At Folly Lane Will Prevent Fore Street Flooding, Warminster Common

Friday 26th September 1986

A proposal from the Wessex Water Authority to construct a bund (dam) at Folly Lane, Warminster, was welcomed by Warminster Town Council’s Planning Advisory Committee on Monday 22nd September 1986. Councillors were told the bund would prevent flooding outside the sub-post office at 1 Fore Street, Warminster Common.

Fore Street, Warminster

In Christ Church, Warminster, The First 150 Years, a booklet published in October 1980, to celebrate the 150th birthday of Christ Church, the Rev. John C. Day (Vicar) wrote:

. . . the Common. We know that the streets here were named in 1834.

Some of the names are of course obvious.

Fore Street, or “front street”.

F. Moody, Newtown Stores, 1922

1922

F. Moody,
Newtown Stores, 7-11 Fore Street, Warminster.
Wholesale & Retail
complete house furnisher, grocer & pork butcher.
A large assortment of second-hand furniture
always in stock.
The cheapest house furnisher in the West of England.
Telephone 26 Warminster.

Occupation Voters (Division One) At Fore Street, Warminster, 1894 ~ 1895

Occupation Voters (other than Lodgers)
Division One –
at Fore Street, Warminster, 1894-1895
(Persons entitled to vote as Parliamentary Voters,
County Electors and Parochial Electors)

Name of Voter: Thomas Turner.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 5 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: Frank Ford.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 9 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: John Compton.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 10 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: Cornelius Fear.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 11 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: Henry Elloway, junior.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 13 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: Oliver Edward Robbins.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 15 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: William Martin.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 20 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: Henry Hobbs.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 21 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: Harry Prince.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 24 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: William Udall.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 25 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: John Fear.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 30 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: William Hill.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 31 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: William Player.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 32 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: Tom Cox.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 35 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: Reuben Lush.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 37 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: Thomas Phelps.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 38 Fore Street.

Name of Voter: William Speedy.
Place ~ Abode: Warminster.
Nature of Qualification: Dwelling house.
Description of Qualifying Property: 39 Fore Street.