The urban guide to the countryside -

Well, hello!

I'm Joanna, editor of Muddy Wiltshire, here to bring you the quirky, cool and downright unmissable in the area.

Gotta Have It

Don’t leave it to chance! Choose from our handpicked selection of the best businesses near you.

The Muddy Award Winners 2018!Thousands of businesses battled it out in the Muddy Awards this year. Now we have 24 victors - wanna meet them?
Win a £1000 luxe stay & celeb tennis day!My best giveaway ever – a super-luxe night at Stoke Park hotel and VIP seats at The Boodles tennis.
How's your social life?Fancy a new gym/spa/membership club combo in the oh-so-smartest country hotel? We've got it sorted.
Hot schools news!All the happenings at our fave schools – new heads, Open Days and our latest reviews!
Blanket loveWant to make your home cosy, inviting and super stylish all year round? We’ve found just the thing!
Fire up your palatePsst! The latest, greatest and super-new pop-up foodie nights you'll want to know about!

FRI 18 - SUN 20 MAY

MON 14 - SUN 20 MAY

MAY

Three Tuns Freehouse

After a country pub for lunch? We’ve found just the joint. We came, we ate, and we were WOW-ed!
- Grey’s Brasserie
  
  Whatley Manor’s revamped eaterie is cutting quite a swathe with its chic European interiors and innovative menu.
- Sunday lunch sorted
  
  Bring on the Yorkshire puds! The best spots for a weekend nosh up across 18 Muddy counties. Elasticated trousers on!
- The Porch House, Stow
  
  We came, we ate, and we loved the gorgeous exterior, romantic nooks and roomy spaces of The Porch House, Stow.
- Shall I be mum?
  
  Another macaroon? Don't mind if I do! The 33 best afternoon teas as chosen by our in-the-know editors.

Our honest reviews of the UK’s best schools

Our curated A-Z of the grooviest local businesses

Glamp rock

The West does it best when it comes to camping and glamping! The definitive Muddy guide to the pick of the campsites and glampsites in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset
- Check out these barns!
  
  We think we may have just found the most perfect place to lay your head – plus a million of your friends’ and family’s. These barns in the Cotswolds are made for big gatherings.
- Pack your bags, we’re off to Salisbury
  
  The insider's city guide to where to shop, walk, scoff and hang out.

The latest handpicked businesses we think you’ll love

Hot off the press!

Want the superhot goss on a new funky independent boutique? Here you go then!
- Let it rain!
  
  These raincoats are so damned stylish you're going to be praying for the heavens to open just so you can strut your stuff in them!
- Let’s get physical!
  
  Don't worry we haven't recreated THAT Olivia Newton John video. But we have tested out the best sportswear around.

Need a new book?

Well, you’re in the right place. We’ve curled up and read to our hearts’ content, and come up with a bumper selection of May’s rave reads – just for you!
- Sex and the sisterhood
  
  Grab a Cosmo, Sex And The City is making a comeback… in Wiltshire! Meet New Yorker Kerry Ipema.
- Seeking book inspo?
  
  Do yourself a favour and make it one of Muddy pro-bookworm's Kerry's perfect picks for March. Clear space on your Kindle!

Hello coworking!

Calling all freelancers, startup founders and digital nomads – if you want to boost your success, productivity and social life, find yourself a coworking space!
Kids
- How to grow happy kids
  
  How can you help your kids find the holy grail of happiness? We’ve found an expert who has previous in the matter…
- Canford School, Canford Magna, Wimborne
  
  Muddy says: A pastorally and academically strong day and boarding school for girls and boys aged 13-18, in a stunning 250 acres. Its warm, vibrant community and family feel stands out.

Trudy Simmons

The Crazy Daisy Clarity coach and founder of the Hampshire Business Women Facebook Group, walks us round her fave places.
- Gee’s Favourite Places
  
  Kitchen-whizz Gee Cartwright on Johnny Depp, Moroccan street food, truffle hunting in Italy and sweet pineapples.
- Wish we were here!
  
  A one-woman interiors inspiration, Fiona McLeod has created a luxury bolthole full of AMAZING things.