Porton Down
Porton Down is a science and defence technology campus in Wiltshire, England, just north-east of the village of Porton, near Salisbury. It is home to two British government facilities: a site of the Ministry of Defence's Defence Science and Technology…
- Hill rising to around 410 feet (120 metres)
- Description: UK government military science park in Wiltshire, England
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St Andrew’s Church, Boscombe, Wiltshire
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2 miles north of Porton Down
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Idmiston and Porton.
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Porton Down
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Latitude
51.11667° or 51° 7′ north
Longitude
-1.7° or 1° 42′ west
Open location code
9C3W4882+M2
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Porton Down” goes by many names.
Портън ДаунBulgarian
Porton DownCebuano
波尔顿科学园区Chinese
波登唐Chinese
波頓當Chinese
波頓道國防科學實驗室Chinese
波頓道恩Chinese
Porton DownFinnish
Porton DownIrish
Porton DownItalian
ポートダウンJapanese
ポートンダウンJapanese
Porton DownLatin
Porton DownNorwegian
Porton DownNorwegian Bokmål
Porton DownNorwegian Nynorsk
Портон-ДаунRussian
Porton DownSwedish
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