Wilton Hill

Our Wilton Hill development near Salisbury is an example of a development perfectly planned to meet the needs of its community.

Key stats

£4.5 million community investment

including education, open spaces and improving public transport

44 apartments

for ex-service personnel

Training

and community space including a cafe

262 private sale homes

plus 30 affordable homes & a 60 bed care home

Delivery of a pioneering vision

Working in partnership with Our Enterprise and Wilton Community Land Trust, we have transformed the land into a trailblazing new development, with a wide variety of new homes alongside invaluable facilities for veterans and the community.

Building on a rich history

The 34-acre Erskine Barracks, in the Wiltshire village of Wilton, was a field base for the US Army during World War II and a major military base for UK forces from 1939 to 2010. After the buildings were deemed no longer fit for purpose troops were relocated to Andover. The MoD gained planning permission for a mixed-use residential and industrial development and the site went to a competitive tender to find a worthy developer. Redrow was selected as the development partner in March 2013. We undertook an extensive public consultation prior to submitting a planning application. This commitment to meeting the communities’ needs meant the planning application passed without a single objection. Over the course of seven years, we have transformed the site into an asset to the local area. With the military being Wiltshire’s biggest employer, Wilton Hill provides a much-needed facility for some of the county’s estimated 56,000 service veterans to live and adapt to civilian life.

Community connections

Wilton Hill has been designed to ensure its residents are well connected and that the development is accessible for those living in the surrounding area. Three separate bus stops on The Avenue ensure residents can reach the wider Wilton village and the nearby city of Salisbury by bus for shopping and entertainment. Footpaths and cycleways are being widened to offer safe routes for the community to walk and ride. The cafe on site is a welcoming setting for residents, veterans and those living in the surrounding area to meet and socialise. It acts as a central hub, hosting regular community events.

"It’s quite fitting we have a building here that is used to house veterans and transition them to civilian life on the site of Erskine Barracks. So just thank you to Redrow for making that possible and working in conjunction with the people that they have to build this project.”

Kenny

Royal Navy veteran