Mere, Wiltshire

Mere
Mere is located in Wiltshire
Mere
Mere
Location within Wiltshire
Population2,807 (in 2021)[1]
OS grid referenceST812322
Civil parish
  • Mere
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWARMINSTER
Postcode districtBA12
Dialling code01747
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
WebsiteTown Council
List of places
UK
England
Wiltshire
51°05′24″N 2°15′58″W / 51.090°N 2.266°W / 51.090; -2.266

Mere is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It lies at the extreme southwestern tip of Salisbury Plain, close to the borders of Somerset and Dorset. The parish includes the hamlets of Barrow Street, Burton, Charnage, Limpers Hill, Rook Street and Southbrook.

The A303 trunk road passed through Mere until a bypass was built on the northern edge of the town in 1976.[2]

There is an old market square (although markets have not been held for several years), a chiming town clock and a large 15th-century parish church. The steep slope of Castle Hill rises from the northwestern side of Mere. Local industry and commerce includes a trout farm and smokery, Yapp's wine merchants, Charles Farris candlemakers, the Hillbrush brushmaking company, and large wholesale plant nurseries.

  1. ^ "Mere (Wiltshire, South West England, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information".
  2. ^ "Mere". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 30 December 2015.