Wroughton is a large village in Wiltshire, England. It is part of the Borough of Swindon and lies along the A4361 road between Swindon and Avebury; the road into Swindon crosses the M4 motorway between junctions 15 and 16. The village is about 2.2 miles (3.5 km) south of Swindon town centre on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town of Marlborough is about 11 miles (18 km) to the south via the B4005 at Chiseldon and the A346 road. The World Heritage Site at Avebury is about 7 miles (11.3 km) to the south.
Population: 7,003
Latitude: 51° 31' 26.80" N
Longitude: -1° 47' 44.12" W
Parkfield Colliery, near Pucklechurch, South Gloucestershire, was sunk in 1851 under the ownership of Handel Cossham. Coal was reached in 1853. The shaft was 840ft deep, but only the upper series of coal veins were worked. These were the Hard, the T…
Out Woods (grid reference ST833763) is a 14.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1975.
Old Town Railway Cutting (grid reference SU153832) is a 1.78 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Swindon, Wiltshire, notified in 1975. It is near the site of the former Swindon Town railway station.
Okus Quarry (grid reference SU147836) is a 2,500 square metre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Old Town, Swindon, Wiltshire, notified in 1951.
Nuneham Railway Bridge is a railway bridge in England near the town of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. It carries the Cherwell Valley Line between Didcot and Oxford across the River Thames between Abingdon Lock and Sandford Lock. The current bridge was built…
North Road Quarry, Bath (grid reference ST767646) is a 0.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest close to Sham Castle in the city of Bath, Somerset, notified in 1990.
Mile Elm is a hamlet in central Wiltshire, England, with a population of around 40 residents.
Midgham Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Thatcham and Woolhampton, Berkshire, England.
Marlborough and Ramsbury was a rural district in Wiltshire, England from 1935 to 1974.
Kingsdown is a hamlet in the civil parish of Box, Wiltshire.
Hungerford Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, at Hungerford, Berkshire, England.
Horpit is an agricultural hamlet in the parish of Wanborough in the north-eastern corner of Wiltshire county, England.
Hodson is an unspoilt hamlet in a small valley, just south of Swindon, Wiltshire, England and the M4 motorway, and near a junction with the Chiseldon to Wroughton main road. It has a popular traditional English public house called the Calley Arms.
Hillesley and Tresham is a civil parish in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire, England. It had a population of 591 according to the 2001 census, decreasing to 391 at the 2011 census. The parish contains the villages of Hillesley and Tresham. The…
Higg's Lock is a lock on the Kennet and Avon Canal, between Kintbury and Newbury, Berkshire, England.
Hayes Knoll is a hamlet between Swindon and Cricklade in Wiltshire.
Hawkesbury Meadow (grid reference ST754874) is a 3.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in South Gloucestershire, notified in 1987.
Hartslock Nature Reserve is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) section of the much larger Hartslock SSSI near Goring-on-Thames, south Oxfordshire, England.