Westbury ways [9]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 29 Apr 2021

Laverton Road runs from Warminster Road to Leigh Road. The wall topped with razor wire on the right of the road is the boundary wall to the Leighton House estate. The estate is occupied by the Army Officer Selection Board, an assessment centre used by the British Army as part of the officer selection process for the regular army and Army Reserve. The 40 acre estate comprises the grade II* listed, 19th century Leighton House, a trout lake and an assault course where potential officers are put through their paces. The estate is due to be sold for housing in 2024. The Leighton House estate is occupied by the Army Officer Selection Board, an assessment centre used by the British Army as part of the officer selection process for the regular army and Army Reserve. The 40 acre estate comprises the grade II* listed, 19th century Leighton House, a trout lake and an assault course where potential officers are put through their paces. The estate is due to be sold for housing in 2024. Westbury is a former market town in the far west of Wiltshire under the north western edge of Salisbury Plain, 4 miles south of Trowbridge and 4 miles north of Warminster. Westbury was a centre of the cloth industry from the later 15th century until the 19th century. Malting was another important industry. There are now a number of large industrial and trading estates around the town with many residents working there. The town is an important junction point on the railway network with the Reading to Taunton line intersecting the line from Bristol to Southampton.

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