Malmesbury Launches Visitor Guide. The Malmesbury Town Team has launched the new official visitor guide to the town. It includes a fold-out map featuring local attractions and landmarks such as the Abbey, Market Cross and the scenic river walk.
As well as places to stay, eat and shop, the guide lists key 2026 festivals and events by season. So that’s such things as:
- The Thomas Hobbes Festival
- EAT:Malmesbury this Spring
- The new Malmesbury River Festival and Carnival in the Summer,
- Wessex Week and the Flying Monk Art Trail in the Autumn.
About the guide
- history
- culture
- nature
- independent shops and plenty of interesting places to eat and drink.
We needed an appealing companion print guide to supplement online promotion of the town through the Discover Malmesbury and Visit Wiltshire websites and associated social media. Together, the print and online resources provide everything you need know to have a wonderful time here. Whether as a day visitor or on a longer-stay – for which Malmesbury provides the perfect base to explore the local area on foot, by bike or by car.’
The new visitor guide is now available from 80 tourism information outlets across the region. Counted in their number are Malmesbury’s Tourist Information Centre. And it’ll will be on the Great West Way stand at the British Tourism and Travel Show at the NEC Birmingham later this month.
n 2025, the town received the Sunday Times title of best place to live in Wiltshire, along with one of the best places to live in the UK. So the town team intends to build on that success in 2026 and attract more visitors from near and far. As David comments:
‘We love our town and its beautiful setting, unique history and vibrant community. The future prosperity of the town, its businesses and its leisure and cultural offer, depends on encouraging both visitors and residents to spend locally. We can’t afford to remain a best-kept secret.’
For more information on Malmesbury’s cultural and tourism offer visit https://discovermalmesbury.life/
A wonder …
Having uploaded this post about Malmesbury, I can’t help but think if only we had a visitor guide – and a spot on the Great West Way stand at the NEC for the British tourism and travel show.
Anyway, on the topic of tourism and culture in Swindon please see:
Also – did you know that I’ve written a Born Again Swindonian’s guide book? I guess it’s an alternative guide book …
The central thrust of this book is that of opening eyes, heart and mind to what’s around you. If I want to convey ONE thing with the book it’s this:
That EVEN IF a building, a piece of sculpture, a street, a park bench – whatever it might happen to be – is neglected etc – that doesn’t mean you can’t find beauty, or at least interest, in it. That doesn’t mean it’s not worthy of your attention and consideration. It’s about finding joy in the everyday rather than seeking the big and the spectacular.
More info on it here: https://swindonian.me/swindon-a-born-again-swindonians-guide/
