Wiltshire Estates

Wiltshire as it appears in the Comic Series.
Wiltshire as it appears in the TV Series.
Wiltshire Estates
Type	Residential Neighborhood
State	Rural Georgia
Seen in Series	Comic Series TV Series
Issue/Episode	Issue 8 to Issue 9 "Secrets"

The Wiltshire Estates was a community of houses that the Atlanta survivors discovered early on in their days on the road. Located off highway 278, 20 miles from of Atlanta, the suburban residential area was surrounded by a set of strong walls and a metal gate. Three days after the zombie outbreak, Philip Blake's group stayed here briefly on the way to Atlanta, they left after one of their group members was bitten and killed. Weeks later, Rick's group initially wished to settle in this housing settlement but the next day the group is overrun by the undead and they are forced to flee.

The residential district also appeared in The Walking Dead (TV Series), where both Shane and Andrea go and search the estates for Sophia in the episode, Secrets.

Comic Series

Desperate and traumatized, Rick Grimes's group of survivors stumbled upon Wiltshire Estates at the end of Issue 8 by pure luck. Traveling fast on the road in the RV nearly caused them to pass it completely. The combination of the cold winter weather and the prospect of starvation made the choice of scouting the area undisputed.

Other than a frightening encounter with a downed frozen zombie, the group was safe until Rick and Tyreese attempted to clear the first house. Rick accidentally let loose two locked zombies in the basement and was set upon; only because of the quick intervention of Tyreese did the two survive the attack. Afterwards, Rick decided they all remain within the cleared house and handle the rest of the neighborhood the following morning.

Several sub-plots and relationships within the characters were formed in their short stay. Rick and Tyreese who already took the leadership positions of the group quickly formed an evident friendship. During their one night at Wiltshire, they saw Andrea and Dale fully expressing their mutual intimate interest in each other by engaging in sexual intercourse. Tyreese and Carol's regular flirtation developed into obvious interest as they slept in the same room.

The next morning, (Issue 10), ended their safe stay. Over-confident in the area's potential, Rick split the adults into two groups to scout the neighborhood. When Allen and Donna went by one of the surrounding homes, Donna insisted she was not being careless in wandering too close without the others. Rick, meanwhile, went back to the RV to check some things, and saw the previously obscured warning message on the walls of the estate, stating "ALL DEAD, DO NOT ENTER". Before he could warn the others, a nearby lurker caught Donna by surprise and bit her eye out. A shocked Allen retaliated (despite the group's efforts) by firing wildly into the undead, but Donna was already rendered helpless as the lurker and other alerted zombies overwhelmed her. Rick ordered the majority of the group to fall back to the RV while he handled Allen. In an obvious state of shock and anger, Allen nearly gave up on his life while surrounded, but with Rick's convincing to stay alive for his sons Ben and Billy, Allen managed to move and escape.

Tyreese ran to get Chris and Julie, finding them upstairs in the safe house, about to perform intimacy. Putting his anger on hold, he ordered them to dress and to get ready to leave.

Rick got Allen back to the RV but realized the trio were still at the home. He ended up outrunning the hordes of undead to make it back to the house and meet up with them, before realizing escape was impossible with the zombies now covering the exits. Fortunately, Dale drove the R.V. right through the horde for the four of them to jump on the top, and the survivors successfully managed to escape the now zombie-infested Wiltshire Estates. Inside the van, Allen breaks down informing his sons of their mother's death.

Inhabitants

• Rick Grimes - Leader of the group.
• Lori Grimes - Wife to Rick.
• Carl Grimes - Son of Rick and Lori.
• Glenn - Supply runner of the group.
• Andrea - Young woman, and lover to Dale.
• Dale - Oldest survivor of the group. Lover to Andrea.
• Allen - Husband of Donna and father of the twins.
• Donna - Wife of Allen and mother of the twins.
• Ben - Twin son of Allen and Donna.
• Billy - Twin son of Allen and Donna.
• Carol - Mother of Sophia.
• Sophia - Daughter of Carol.
• Tyreese - Father of Julie.
• Julie - Daughter of Tyreese.
• Chris - Boyfriend of Julie.
• Otis - Boyfriend of Patrica
• Patricia - Girlfriend of Otis
• Philip Blake Father to Penny leader of his group, Never interracted with Rick's group in WIltshare Estates.
• Brian Blake - Major antagonist of the series. Never interracted with Rick's group in WIltshare Estates.
• Penny Blake - Brian's niece. Never interracted with Rick's group in WIltshare Estates.
• Nick Parsons - Friend of Philip Blake, Never interracted with Rick's group in WIltshare Estates.
• Bobby Marsh - Friend of Philip Blake, Never interracted with Rick's group in WIltshare Estates.

Deaths

• Donna - While exploring houses, she is grabbed and eaten.
• Bobby Marsh - While resting next to a dog house, a Walker bites Bobby, later shot in head with nail-gun by Philip Blake.

Television Series

Shane asks Andrea to help him follow up on a lead to Sophia's whereabouts and the two drive up to the suburban community. Though no Walkers appeared at first and the area seems to be completely abandoned, the residence has been clearly hit by the epidemic dead, decaying corpses being found within some houses as well as the community itself suffered with decay, abandon cars littered everywhere and garbage overflowed into the streets. When Shane and Andrea finished their search, the neighborhood suddenly swarmed with Walkers. Shane used this as a perfect moment to help Andrea with her gun training and she eventually succeeds and both kill several Walkers together and then flee the area, heading back towards Hershel's Farm with no luck in finding Sophia.

Novel Series

Philip Blake, his daughter, Penny, Philip's older brother, Brian Blake, and his best friends, Bobby Marsh and Nick Parsons, are staying in an upper class house at Wiltshire Estates; the group had been driving for three days away from their home in Waynesboro, Georgia in order to escape the apocalypse, and were heading towards the refugee center in Atlanta prior to stumbling upon the walled community - infested with the undead and recently abandoned. The group intended to stay only for a night, but upon finding ample provisions and amenities inside, they chose to make it a more permanent settlement, hoping to wait out the crisis.

As they go out scavenging and build barricades, the undead become drawn to their presence. Days later, after fending off another small wave of them from the fences, Bobby is bitten by a child-zombie while trying to rest, and immediately reanimates after dying, prompting Philip to kill him. With the undead clawing at the barricades and continuing to grow in number, the group buries Bobby and packs their vehicle with weapons and supplies, leaving the next night. Brian posts a sign outside the gateway that reads "ALL DEAD DO NOT ENTER" before they ultimately depart.

Trivia

• At the 2012 Arizona Comic Con, Robert Kirkman confirmed that the neighborhood Andrea and Shane visitedthumb|300px|right|Start at the 20:20 mark in the episode Secrets is in fact Wiltshire Estates. It was intended to be a small Easter egg for the fans.
• In Issue 9, when the group escapes the community, the sign on the gate is misspelled. It reads "Wilshire" instead of "Wiltshire".
• In the TV series, the location of the Wiltshire estates is located in Senoia, GA off of Rockaway Road.

Gallery

Wiltshire Estates in the comic series

Wiltshire Estates in the TV Series

Andrea shooting the walkers inside the Wiltshire community