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
Great Ridge Wood, formerly also known as Chicklade Wood, is one of the largest woodlands in southern Wiltshire. Mostly within the parishes of Boyton and Sherrington, and entirely within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstandin…
Fyfield is a small hamlet about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England.
Fittleton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 12 miles (19 km) north of Salisbury. The parish contains the adjacent settlement of Haxton. Fittleton and Haxton are situated on the east bank of the River Avon and just across the river…
Etchilhampton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, in the Vale of Pewsey 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Devizes.
Collingbourne railway station served the village of Collingbourne Ducis in Wiltshire, England. It was on the Midland and South Western Junction Railway (M&SWJR) and opened on 1 May 1882 on the southern section of the Swindon, Marlborough and Andover…
Collingbourne Kingston Halt was a small railway station that served the village of Collingbourne Kingston in Wiltshire, England for less than 30 years.
Cockey Down (grid reference SU170317) is a 15.2 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1971.
Clearbury Down (grid reference SU152240) is a 13.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England.
Clatford is a small hamlet (formerly a village) approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the village of Manton and about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Marlborough, which is the nearest town, in Wiltshire, England. It is just south of the River Kennet and th…
Chute Forest is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It is about 5 miles (8km) north-west of Andover and 3 miles (1.75km) to the east of Ludgershall.
Chicksgrove Quarry (grid reference ST962296) is a 14 acres (5.7 ha) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England notified in 1971.
Camp Down (grid reference SU120338) is a 7.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, designated as such in 1965.
Burcombe is a village and (by the name of Burcombe Without) a civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 5 miles west of Salisbury city centre and lies each side of an unclassified road. Burcombe is an unspoiled village with many of th…
Britford Water Meadows (grid reference SU166274) is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Britford, south of Salisbury in Wiltshire.
Brimslade Lock is on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire, England.
Brickworth Down and Dean Hill (grid reference SU246259) is a 118.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1951.
Bratton Downs (grid reference ST925522) is a 395.8 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1971.
Blackmoor Copse (grid reference SU234292) is a woodland in Wiltshire, managed as a nature reserve by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.