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Salisbury sits at the confluence of five rivers - the Avon, Nadder, Ebble, Wylye, and Bourne - which naturally dictates the layout of the city and its lush, water-meadow surroundings. Most people initialy know it for the cathedral's 123-metre spire, which has dominated the skyline since the 14th century, but the city’s heart is really the medieval grid system of "chequers" established when the settlement moved down from the Iron Age hillfort at Old Sarum. It functions as a practical regional hub; the market square still hosts a twice-weekly market that has been running since 1227, and the railway station provides a direct, hourly link to London Waterloo in about ninety minutes. While the historic centre is compact and largely walkable, the city is ringed by high chalk downland and is only a short distance from the edge of the New Forest, meaning there is a constant sense of proximity to open countryside.