Wiltshire Firearms Licensing

06/03/2026

***Frequently Asked Questions***

For full details and guidance on applications, renewals, and certificates, please visit our website:

https://orlo.uk/pnLTo

If you have a specific query, you can contact the Fi****ms Licensing Department directly at:

📧 [email protected]

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03/03/2026

***Fi****ms Licensing Update – Current Application Wait Times***

For full details on the latest processing times and guidance on applications, renewals, and certificates, please visit our website:

🔗 https://orlo.uk/PivRk

If you have a specific query, you can contact the Fi****ms Licensing Department directly at:

📧 [email protected]

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03/02/2026

There is now a live Fi****ms Amnesty happening in Wiltshire.

More information about the amnesty, including enquiry office opening hours, can be found on our website: https://orlo.uk/kThN4

Five models of Side or Top Venting Blank Firers (TVBFs) manufactured by Bruni are now illegal to own. From 2 – 27 February, there is a TVBF amnesty taking place across England and Wales.

If you own one of the five models, hand it in at Trowbridge, Swindon, Melksham, Salisbury or Chippenham police enquiry office before 27 February 2026 to avoid prosecution. This can be done anonymously.

More information about the amnesty, including enquiry office opening hours, can be found on our website: https://orlo.uk/BRUNI_AMNESTY_nbYUN

👇Check the comments for details of the five affected fi****ms models.

01/01/2024

Tommorow is you last chance to sign up to Community Messaging and have the chance of winning one of 5 SelectaDNA Home Kits worth £59.50 each.
Wiltshire & Swindon Community Messaging is a free alert system from Wiltshire Police and selected partners. By signing up you will receive alerts and crime prevention messages from your Neighbourhood Policing Team. You can respond directly to message too.
All new subscribers from 1 December 2023 to 2 January 2024 will be entered in a free draw for one of five SelectaDNA forensic marking kits to help protect their property from theft.
This DNA Forensic Property Marking kit designed for home and small office use. It can be used to uniquely mark up to 50 items of property including TVs, Smartphones, Desktop PCs, Laptops, Digital Cameras even GPS systems or other valuables.
You can learn more about Wiltshire & Swindon Community Messaging and sign up at: https://orlo.uk/f9fHU
The small print. This draw is for all new subscribers to Wiltshire & Swindon Community Messaging who sign up to receive Police alerts and verify their accounts between 1/12/23 and 2/1/24. The offer is limited to one entry per household. A random draw will be made on 4/1/24 and winners notified by email. No purchase is necessary.

16/06/2022

Recruitment for our Special Constabulary is open for a limited time.
If you are looking for a way to make a difference in your community or are thinking of a career with the police, this could be the ideal opportunity for you.
By giving just 16 hours a month you can support local policing as well as gaining skills and experience in a unique volunteer role. Specials are based across the county and sit within our Community Policing Teams working alongside regular officers.
Apply today.
https://crowd.in/AGgE2h

29/05/2022

Time is running out to safely dispose of any unwanted fi****ms or ammunition. The National Fi****ms Surrender ends today - Sunday 29 May. So if you have an unwanted, unlicensed, and illegal weapon you can dispose of them in a safe place to avoid the risk of them becoming involved in criminality. See the website for full details. https://crowd.in/QVxNnc

26/05/2022

Do you have an old gun or any ammunition that’s been lying around for years at home?
Now is the time to safely dispose of it.

Wiltshire Police has joined other forces across the country in appealing for people to hand in unwanted guns with a two week surrender of fi****ms and ammunition. The surrender started on 12 May 2022 and runs through to 29 May.
During that period, those surrendering fi****ms can remain anonymous and will not face prosecution for the illegal possession at the point of surrender.

Guns and ammunition can be surrendered at:
CHIPPENHAM POLICE STATION
Monkton Park, Chippenham, SN15 1ER
Opening times Mon-Fri 8:30 - 17:30

MELKSHAM POLICE STATION
Hampton Park West, Melksham,SN12 6QQ
Opening times Mon-Fri 8:30 - 17:30

SALISBURY POLICE STATION
Bourne Hill, Salisbury, SP1 3UZ
Opening times Mon-Fri 8:30 - 17:30 Sat 9:00 - 13.00

SWINDON POLICE STATION
Gablecross, Shrivenham Road, Swindon,SN3 4RB
Opening times Mon-Fri 8:30 - 17:30 Sat 8:30 - 13.00

TROWBRIDGE POLICE STATION
Polebarn Road, Trowbridge,BA14 7EP
Opening times Mon-Fri 8:30 - 17:30
If you know of people involved in illegal fi****ms contact Wiltshire Police through the reporting section of the website or call 101.
You can also report anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.