| Sport | Rugby union |
|---|---|
| Instituted | 1992 (as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3) |
| Ceased | 2020 |
| Number of teams | 7 |
| Country |  England |
| Holders | Bath Saracens (1st title) |
| Most titles | Combe Down II,Swindon College Old Boys II(2 titles) |
| Website | englandrugby.com |
Dorset & Wilts 3 North was an EnglishRugby Union league, forming part of theSouth West Division, for clubs primarily based inWiltshire, sitting at tier 10 of theEnglish rugby union system. Promoted teams tended to move up toDorset & Wilts 2 North and there was no relegation. The league was created in 2005 and was disbanded after the 2019–20 season.
Until 2005, Dorset & Wilts 3 was one division with teams fromBerkshire included. In that year, three regional divisions were created for teams in Dorset and Wiltshire, namely Dorset & Wilts 3 North,Dorset & Wilts 3 South andDorset & Wilts 3 West. The West division was disbanded at the end of the 2008–09 season, leaving just the North and South divisions.
On occasion, clubs in this division also took part in theRFU Junior Vase, a level 9–12 national competition.
The 2019–20 season ended early in view of theCOVID-19 pandemic, in common with all English leagues.[1] Neither of the Dorset & Wilts 3 divisions featured in plans for the 2020–21 season.[2]
|  Locations of the 2019–20 Dorset & Wilts 3 North teams
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| Locations of the 2018–19 Dorset & Wilts 3 North teams
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| Locations of the 2017–18 Dorset & Wilts 3 North teams
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The division consisted of eleven teams, all based inWiltshire.
Eight of the eleven teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions,Combe Down II, were promoted toDorset & Wilts 2 North, while Chippenham III and Supermarine II were relegated from there. No teams were relegated toDorset & Wilts 4.
| Team | Ground | Capacity | Town/Village | Previous season |
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| Alfred's Nomads | The Common | Marlborough, Wiltshire | 7th | |
| Chippenham III | Allington Fields | Chippenham, Wiltshire | Relegated fromDorset & Wilts 2 North (10th) | |
| Corsham II | Lacock Road | Corsham, Wiltshire | Relegated fromDorset & Wilts 2 North (12th – dropped from league) | |
| Devizes III | The Sports Club | Devizes, Wiltshire | 2nd | |
| Melksham III | The Conigre | 1,000 | Melksham, Wiltshire | 9th (not relegated) |
| Minety II | Minety Playing Fields | Minety, Wiltshire | 8th | |
| Royal Wootton Bassett III | Ballard's Ash Sports Ground | Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire | 5th | |
| Supermarine II | Supermarine Sports and Social Club | South Marston,Swindon, Wiltshire | Relegated fromDorset & Wilts 2 North (11th) | |
| Swindon III | Greenbridge Road | Swindon, Wiltshire | 4th | |
| Warminster II | Folly Lane | Warminster, Wiltshire | 3rd | |
| Westbury II | Knott Field | Westbury, Wiltshire | 6th |
When this division was introduced in 1992 it was a single division known as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3, containing the following teams fromDorset andWiltshire[b]:
Originally Dorset & Wilts 3 North andDorset & Wilts 3 South were combined in a single division known as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3. Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 itself was created ahead of the 1992–93 season by merging the existingBerks/Dorset/Wilts 3 East andBerks/Dorset/Wilts 3 West divisions. It was a tier 10 league with promotion toBerks/Dorset/Wilts 2 and there was no relegation.
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| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated team(s) | Ref | |||||||||
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| 1992–93 | 6 | Poole | Westbury | No relegation | [4] | |||||||||
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
The creation ofNational League 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 dropped to become a tier 11 league. Promotion continued toBerks/Dorset/Wilts 2 and there was no relegation.
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| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated team(s) | Ref | |||||||||
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| 1993–94 | 6 | Berkshire Shire Hall | Pewsey Vale | No relegation | [5] | |||||||||
| 1994–95 | 8 | Portcastrians | Tadley | No relegation | [6] | |||||||||
| 1995–96 | 6 | Dorset Police | Colerne | No relegation | [7] | |||||||||
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
The cancellation ofNational League 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 reverted to being a tier 10 league. Promotion continued toBerks/Dorset/Wilts 2 and there was no relegation. At the end of the 1999–00 season the division was cancelled and all teams transferred into the new lookDorset & Wilts 2 North orDorset & Wilts 2 South[e]
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| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated team(s) | Ref | |||||||||
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| 1996–97 | 7 | Minety | Christchurch | No relegation | ||||||||||
| 1997–98 | 7 | Puddletown | Hungerford | No relegation | ||||||||||
| 1998–99 | 7 | Bradford-on-Avon | Berkshire Shire Hall | No relegation | [8] | |||||||||
| 1999–00 | 6 | Hungerford | Warminster[f] | No relegation | [9] | |||||||||
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
After an absence of four years, Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 was reintroduced in the form of two tier 10 regional divisions – Dorset & Wilts 3 North andDorset & Wilts 3 South. Promotion was toDorset & Wilts 2 North and there was no relegation.
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| Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated team(s) | Ref | |||||||||
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| 2005–06 | 11 | Fairford | Sutton Benger | No relegation | [10] | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | 10 | Swindon College Old Boys II | Malmesbury | No relegation | [11] | |||||||||
| 2007–08 | 9 | Calne II | Royal Wootton Bassett III | No relegation | [12] | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | 7 | Minety II | Swindon College Old Boys II | No relegation | [13] | |||||||||
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
Despite widespread restructuring by theRFU at the end of the 2008–09 season, Dorset & Wilts 3 North remained a tier 10 league, with promotion continuing toDorset & Wilts 2 North and there was no relegation.
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| Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated team(s) | Ref | |||||||||
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| 2009–10 | 12[g] | Corsham III | Marlborough II | No relegation | [14] | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | 11 | Swindon III | Westbury II | No relegation | [15] | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | 12 | Combe Down II | Supermarine II | No relegation | [16] | |||||||||
| 2012–13 | 12 | Colerne | Trowbridge III[h] | No relegation | [17] | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | 12 | Trowbridge III | Bradford-on-Avon II | No relegation | [18] | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | 9 | Combe Down II | Devizes III | No relegation | [19] | |||||||||
| 2015–16 | 11 | Royal Wootton Bassett III | Chippenham III | No relegation | [20] | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | 12 | Swindon College Old Boys II | Alfred's Nomads | No relegation | [21] | |||||||||
| 2017–18 | 10 | Corsham II | Trowbridge III | No relegation | [22] | |||||||||
| 2018–19 | 8[i] | Amesbury | Combe Down II | No relegation | [23] | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | 7[j] | Bath Saracens[k] | Chippenham III | No relegation | [24] | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | 8 | No relegation | ||||||||||||
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
