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Westbury Swimming Pool

Westbury lies on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. In medieval times it was a part of the wool and cloth indus try. It is also noted for leatherwork, glovemaking and the 300-year-old white horse,the oldest of the white horses of Wiltshire,whjch was once cut in the chalkofWestbury Hill, but has since been covered in concrete and painted white.

The Church Street baths were given to the town by mill owner William Laverton and were opened in 1887, mak ing this the longest-serving swimming pool in the coun try The grand Victorian architecture remains to this day. As well as a swimming pooi, Westbury baths now offer a health suite with sauna cabin and steam room.

The pooi is said to have a resident ghost called George. Over the years he has been seen several times. Some say he is a swimmer who jumped off the pool bal cony to his death, while others say he is the ghost of an old boiler stoker. This maybe more likely, as he has been seen at the pooi edge dressed in overalls.