Wiltshire in Pictures: Bees, parks and mazes

This week's cooler temperatures have come as a relief to many getting out and about, including these bumblebees

There is a distinctly natural feel to this week's Wiltshire in Pictures, with a bumblebee duo, maze trimming and an award-winning park all featuring in the round-up.

This week has also seen the completion of a walking sports festival in Melksham and a celebration of businesses which support Special Educational Needs Education (Send) in Trowbridge.

Here is some of the best pictures from across the county this week.

Blooming marvellous: A historic Wiltshire park has been recognised for its exceptional management and environmental standards. Swindon's Town Gardens has received a Green Flag Award for 2025-26, which has recognised its well-maintained Victorian features and active community engagement programmes.

A-maze-ing: A team of 12 gardeners have completed a weeklong hedge cut on the gigantic Longleat maze. The maze, which is made up of more than 16,000 English yew trees, is one of the largest in the world and needs regular attention, but can only be trimmed at certain times of the year.

Game, set and stroll: More than 90 people laced up their trainers and joined the fun at a Walking Sports Festival held at Melksham Community Campus on Sunday. The free event gave people of all ages and abilities the chance to try out walking versions of tennis, rugby, football, netball and badminton.

County roads, take me home: With the county's fields at their golden peak, Weather Watcher Chully was able to capture this shot of a pristine Calne morning earlier in the week.

Over the ridge: Another of our Weather Watchers has been busy in the south of the county, with Broad Chalke's majestic hillsides captured by Lupin.

True colours: With the wetter weather at the start of the week, observant photographers had the opportunity to capture a number of fleeting rainbows, such as this one in Malmesbury.

Stellar support: 16 companies across Wiltshire have been recognised by Wiltshire Council for their outstanding support in offering workplace opportunities to young people with Send.

Wiltshire Council's Send Employer Champion Scheme celebrated its one-year anniversary with companies from across the county being acknowledged.