Amesbury /ˈeɪmzbəri/ is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is most famous for the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge which is in its parish, and for the discovery of the Amesbury Archer—dubbed the King of Stonehenge in the press—in 2002. It has been confirmed by archaeologists that it is the oldest continuously occupied settlement in the United Kingdom, having been first settled around 8820 BC.
Population: 8,497
Latitude: 51° 10' 30.32" N
Longitude: -1° 46' 50.30" W
Huish is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Pewsey and 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Marlborough. It is on the south-facing edge of the Marlborough Downs, where the downs adjoin the Vale of Pewsey.
…Heathy Close Lock is on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, England.
Great Yews (grid reference SU120231) is a 29.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1951.
Grafton and Burbage railway station served the villages of Burbage and East and West Grafton in Wiltshire, England. The station was on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway.
Everleigh, pronounced and also sometimes spelt Everley, is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) south of Marlborough.
Enford is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Devizes and 14 miles (23 km) north of Salisbury. The parish includes nine small settlements along the banks of the headwaters of the River Avon. Besides Enford…
East Harnham Meadows (grid reference SU151289) is a 17.29 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, in the floodplain of the Hampshire Avon and close to the southeast boundary of the city of Salisbury.
East Grimstead is a village in Grimstead civil parish, on the River Dun in Wiltshire, England, about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Salisbury. The parish church is The Holy Trinity. The village has about 70 households, no shops, public houses or schools.
…Dinton Quarry (grid reference SU006308) is a 3,000 square metre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1990. This long-disused quarry of Middle Purbeck limestone was the main source of the late Jurassic fossil insec…
Coombe Bissett is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Salisbury. The parish includes the village of Homington; both villages are in the River Ebble valley.
Cholderton, or more properly West Cholderton, is a village and civil parish in the Bourne Valley of Wiltshire, England. The village is about 4 miles (6 km) east of the town of Amesbury, on the A338 about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the A303 trunk road.…
Chicklade is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire in southern England. The village is on the A303 road about 15 miles (24 km) westnorthwest of Salisbury. Chicklade is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which has its seat in Trowb…
Charlton, in full Charlton St Peter, is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in the English county of Wiltshire.
Bury Hill is the site of a former Iron Age hillfort about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of the centre of Andover, Hampshire. The site encloses about 22 acres (8.9 ha). There are evident two stages to the construction of the fort, the first is a low s…
Burcombe Down (grid reference SU064295) is an area of chalk grassland situated on a north-facing scarp slope to the south of Burcombe in Wiltshire, England.
Breamore Railway Station was a station serving Breamore, a village in Hampshire, England. The village contains a notable stately home, Breamore House, and a Mill on the River Avon.
Breamore Priory was a priory of Austin canons in Breamore, Hampshire, England.
Bowerchalke Downs (grid reference SU004218) (also known as Woodminton, Marleycombe Down and Knowle Down), is a 128.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1971. The downs encompass the entire southern outlo…