Warminster is a town and
civil parish in western
Wiltshire, England, by-passed by the
A36 (between
Salisbury and
Bath) and the partly concurrent
A350 between
Westbury and
Blandford Forum. It has a population of about 17,000. The River Were runs through the town and can be seen running through the middle of the town park. The Minster Church of St Denys sits on the River Were. The name Warminster first occurs in the early 10th century.