Thruxton
Thruxton is just off the A303 road five miles west of Andover. It is a village with a Manor House, thatched cottages and village green. Pillhill Brook runs from Thruxton Down through the grounds of the Manor House and along the village street to Mullen's Pond, a natural habitat for many species of migratory birds and wild plants.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Theroadislong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 632 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Test Valley, Hampshire, England
- Also known as: “Thruxton, Hampshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Peter and St Paul and Thruxton Aerodrome.
Thruxton Aerodrome
Aerodrome
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thruxton Aerodrome is located in Thruxton, 4.5 NM west of Andover, in Hampshire, England. The airfield was opened in 1942 as RAF Thruxton. Postwar, it was reopened by the Wiltshire School of Flying in 1947, and private and club flying operations continue to the present time.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Cholderton and Weyhill.
East Cholderton
Hamlet
East Cholderton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Amport in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Andover which lies approximately 4.5 miles east from the village, just off the A303 road.
Weyhill
Village
Photo: Mike Cattell, CC BY 2.0.
Weyhill is a village, 2.5 miles west of Andover, Hampshire. It sits within the civil parish of Penton Grafton, which includes the village of the same name. Weyhill is situated 1½ miles east of Thruxton.
Ragged Appleshaw
Hamlet
Ragged Appleshaw is a hamlet in the civil parish of Appleshaw in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Andover, which lies approximately 4.2 miles south-east from the hamlet. Ragged Appleshaw is situated 2½ miles northeast of Thruxton.
Thruxton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Thruxton, Test Valley District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.21028° or 51° 12′ 37″ northLongitude
-1.58398° or 1° 35′ 2″ westPopulation
632Elevation
249 feet (76 metres)Open location code
9C3W6C68+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 1419267651OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2635908Wikidata ID
Q2298226
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Thruxton” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Thruxton”
- Cebuano: “Thruxton”
- Chinese: “斯拉克斯頓”
- Dutch: “Thruxton”
- French: “Thruxton”
- Irish: “Thruxton”
- Ladin: “Thruxton (Hampshire)”
- Ladin: “Thruxton”
- Persian: “تراکستون، همپشر”
- Polish: “Thruxton”
- Spanish: “Thruxton, Hampshire”
- Spanish: “Thruxton”
- Swedish: “Thruxton, Hampshire”
- Swedish: “Thruxton”
- Welsh: “Thruxton, Hampshire”
- Welsh: “Thruxton”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thruxton Village Hall and Thruxton Village Green.
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