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…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Church of St Mary the Virgin.
Church of St Mary the Virgin
Church
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Church of St Mary the Virgin is situated 2 miles west of Porton Down.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Idmiston and Porton.
Idmiston
Hamlet
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Idmiston is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3 miles southeast of Amesbury and 6 miles northeast of Salisbury. The parish includes the villages of Porton and Gomeldon; all three villages are on the River Bourne and are linked by the A338 road. Porton Down military science park is in the parish, separated from Idmiston by a railway line. Idmiston is situated 1½ miles northwest of Porton Down.
Porton
Village
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Porton is a village in the Bourne valley, Wiltshire, England, about 5 miles northeast of Salisbury. It is the largest settlement in Idmiston civil parish. Porton is situated 1½ miles northwest of Porton Down.
Winterbourne Gunner
Village
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Winterbourne Gunner is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Winterbourne, in Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles northeast of Salisbury. Winterbourne Gunner is situated 2 miles west of Porton Down.
Porton Down
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 407 feet
- Description: UK government military science park in Wiltshire, England
- Categories: science park and landform
- Location: Idmiston, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Porton Down” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Портън Даун”
- Cebuano: “Porton Down”
- Chinese: “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”
- Finnish: “Porton Down”
- French: “Porton Down”
- German: “Porton Down”
- Irish: “Porton Down”
- Italian: “Porton Down”
- Japanese: “ポートダウン”
- Japanese: “ポートンダウン”
- Latin: “Porton Down”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porton Down”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Porton Down”
- Norwegian: “Porton Down”
- Portuguese: “Porton Down”
- Russian: “Портон-Даун”
- Spanish: “Porton Down”
- Swedish: “Porton Down”
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