Marlborough (i/ˈmɔːlbrə/ MAWL-brə or /ˈmɑːlbərə/ MARL-brə) is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road, the old main road from London to Bath. It boasts the second widest high street in Britain, after Stockton-on-Tees[citation needed]. The town is on the River Kennet.
Population: 7,885
Latitude: 51° 25' 12.97" N
Longitude: -1° 43' 46.16" W
The Lansdowne Monument, also known as Cherhill Monument, near Cherhill in Wiltshire is a 38 metre (125 foot) stone obelisk erected by Third Marquis of Lansdowne to the designs of Sir Charles Barry to commemorate his ancestor, Sir William Petty in 18…
Hullavington is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, just to the north of the M4 motorway, 5 miles south-south-west of Malmesbury and 7 miles north of Chippenham.
Hawtreys Preparatory School was an independent boys' preparatory school, first established in Slough, later moved to Westgate-on-Sea, then to Oswestry, and finally to a country house near Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire. In its early years it was known as S…
Grittleton House School is a small, family-run independent school and children's daycare provider situated in the village of Grittleton near Chippenham in Wiltshire.
DIDO was a nuclear reactor at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. It used enriched uranium metal fuel, and heavy water as both neutron moderator and primary coolant.
Burghclere is a village and civil parish in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England.
Pilot Hill is a hill in Hampshire, UK, which at 286 m (938 ft) is the highest in the county. The hill is about 10km SW of Newbury on the Hampshire/Berkshire border and is part of the north-facing scarp of the North Hampshire Downs, a chalk ridge wit…
North Wiltshire was a local government district in Wiltshire, England, formed on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Calne, Chippenham, and Malmesbury along with Calne and Chippenham Rural District, Cricklade and Wootton Bassett R…
Milk Hill, located near Alton Priors east of Devizes, is the highest point in the county of Wiltshire, southwest England, at some 295 m / 968 ft above sea level (the adjacent Tan Hill rises to 294 m).
Mildenhall (/ˈmaɪnəl/ MY-nəl) is a village and civil parish in the Kennet Valley in Wiltshire about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the market town of Marlborough. The parish contains three communities - the village of Mildenhall, and the hamlets of Poulton…
Marden Henge (also known as Hatfield Earthworks) is the largest Neolithic henge enclosure discovered to date in the United Kingdom. The monument is located in Marden, Wiltshire, situated within the Vale of Pewsey between the World Heritage sites of …
Hartham Park is a Georgian manor house, located in Hartham near Corsham, Wiltshire. Originally designed by James Wyatt, set today in 50 acres (20 ha) it contains one of three remaining stické tennis courts in the world.
Ham is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, on the Berkshire border and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Hungerford.
Grittleton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 7 miles northwest of Chippenham. The parish includes the hamlets of Leigh Delamere, Littleton Drew and Sevington.
Greenham is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as Greneham.
Froxfield is a village and civil parish in English county of Wiltshire on the border with West Berkshire. It lies directly on the Wiltshire-West Berkshire border, situated on the A4 national route 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Hungerford and 7.5 miles (1…
Yatesbury is a village in Wiltshire. It is next to Cherhill, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the A4 road between Calne and Marlborough in Wiltshire, England.
The Wyvern Theatre in Swindon, Wiltshire, is named after the mythical wyvern which was once the emblem of the kings of Wessex. It was opened on 7 September 1971 by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.