Chiseldon is a village and civil parish in the borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It takes its name from the Old English cisel dene, or gravel valley, being noted in the Domesday Book as Chiseldene.
Population: 2,599
Latitude: 51° 30' 57.82" N
Longitude: -1° 43' 55.42" W
Highclere Castle /ˈhaɪklɪər/ is a country house in the Jacobethan style, with a park designed by Capability Brown. The 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) estate is in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Newbury, Berkshire.
…The Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England was constructed in 1972 and consists of five mini-roundabouts arranged around a sixth central, anti-clockwise roundabout. Located near the County Ground, home of Swindon Town F.C. Its name comes from the popu…
Avebury (/ˈeɪvbri/) is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in southwest England. Unique amongst megalithic monuments, Avebury contains the largest stone circle in Europe, and is one …
The Uffington White Horse is a highly stylised prehistoric hill figure, 110 m long (374 feet), formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk. The figure is situated on the upper slopes of White Horse Hill in the English civil parish of U…
Marlborough College is an independent school for day and boarding pupils located in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church of England clergy, it is now fully co-educational.
Highgrove House is the family residence of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, situated south west of Tetbury in Gloucestershire, England. Built in the late 18th-century, Highgrove and its estate was owned by various families…
JET, the Joint European Torus, is the world's largest magnetic confinement plasma physics experiment, located in Oxfordshire, UK. Based on a tokamak design the fusion research facility is a joint European project with a main purpose of opening the w…
Wulfhall or Wolfhall is an early 17th-century manor house in Burbage, Wiltshire, England.
Royal Air Force Station Greenham Common or RAF Greenham Common is a former Royal Air Force station in Berkshire, England.
A hill figure is a large visual representation created by cutting into a steep hillside and revealing the underlying geology. It is a type of geoglyph usually designed to be seen from afar rather than above. In some cases trenches are dug and rubble…
Silbury Hill is a prehistoric artificial chalk mound near Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire.
Wantage is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Ed Vaizey, a Conservative.
South Swindon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Robert Buckland, a Conservative.
Royal Air Force Fairford or more simply RAF Fairford (IATA: FFD, ICAO: EGVA) is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Gloucestershire, England which is currently a standby airfield and therefore not in everyday use.
Devizes /dɨvaɪzɨz/ is a constituency in Wiltshire, England, which is represented in the House of Commons of the U.K. Parliament and includes four towns and many villages in the middle and east of the county. The area's representative has been a Cons…
Little Solsbury Hill (more commonly known as Solsbury Hill) is a small flat-topped hill and the site of an Iron Age hill fort. It is located above the village of Batheaston in Somerset, England. The hill rises to 625 feet (191 m) above the River Avo…
North Swindon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Justin Tomlinson, a Conservative.
Gatcombe Park is the country residence of Anne, Princess Royal located between the villages of Minchinhampton and Avening in Gloucestershire, England.