A television presenter has used social media to describe Warminster as a town ‘failing fast’. Tim Dunn, host of UKTV’s The Architecture the Railways Built and Secrets of the London Underground told followers on Twitter about his visit to Warminster over the festive period. He said: “This town once set itself up as the service centre for the agri/cloth towns around: its wealth afforded it much of architectural interest. Briefly. Today, albeit on a Dec bank hol, it felt it too was fading. Fast.”
Using images of town centre buildings including The Old Town Hall, Mr Dunn continued: “Reminders of grandeur and wealth still shine through in Warminster, even if it feels like the town might be dying.”
Looking to the future, he wrote: “Like much of Britain [Warminster is] gently crumbling – perhaps in need of vision, and unsure of its future purpose.”
He concluded with a criticism of the planning process. “It’s stuffed full of great buildings and detail. Places that some people clearly cherish, but the town isn’t making the most of. The economy that the buildings were created for has moved on. How can places in Britain like this succeed again without a collective vision to work towards?”
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