Category: About Warminster: Portway Lane

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

Friday 25th July 2025

Press release from Warminster Town Council:

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 – 𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬.

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

Police Seek Witnesses And Information About An Assault At Portway Lane, Warminster

Tuesday 5th September 2023

From Warminster Police:

Witness Appeal
On Saturday 02nd September 2023 at approximately 2154 hours, a female was assaulted by an unknown male on the grass area to the rear of a block of flats on Portway Lane, Warminster. It is believed that 2 people walking their dogs were in the area at the time and may have witnessed this incident.

The unknown male was described as being white, approximately 40 years of age, wearing dark coloured shorts with a bare chest and feet.

Can anybody who witnessed this incident or knows of any information relating to this incident contact 101 quoting reference number 54230092816.

The BMX Track At Portway Lane Playing Fields, Warminster, 1986

August 1986

The BMX track at the western end of Portway Lane Playing Fields, Warminster. The gas storage containers at Furneaux Lane (Gas House Lane) can be seen in the distance. The photograph was taken by Danny Howell during August 1986.

The Portway Area, Warminster, 1971

Information gleaned from a Warminster Town Guide, 1971:

The fire station and Woodmead Welfare Home for the Elderly [at Portway] are of modern design.

In the same area is the Urban District Council’s Portway Lane Housing Estate which has been built to the most modern design and standards in accordance with the recommendations of the Parker Morris Report on Housing.

At the entrance to the Portway Lane Housing Estate, and in the same style, is Medlicott House, a group of elderly persons’ dwellings, which provide 16 single and 4 double bed-roomed self contained flats with communal facilities and a warden service.

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