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Porton

Porton is a village in the Bourne valley, , England, about 5 miles northeast of . It is the largest settlement in civil parish.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Wiltshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Porton, Wiltshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Nicholas and Church of St Mary the Virgin.

Church
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aerodrome
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
MOD Boscombe Down is the home of a military aircraft testing site, on the south-eastern outskirts of the town of , , England. The site is managed by QinetiQ, the private defence company created as part of the breakup of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency in 2001 by the Ministry of Defence. is situated 2 miles north of Porton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Idmiston and Winterbourne Gunner.

Hamlet
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England. The village is about 3 miles southeast of and 6 miles northeast of . The parish includes the villages of Porton and Gomeldon; all three villages are on the River Bourne and are linked by the A338 road. military science park is in the parish, separated from by a railway line.

Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Winterbourne, in , England, about 4 miles northeast of .

Village
is a village in , England, in the Bourne valley on the A338 road about 3.5 miles northeast of . In 1931 the parish had a population of 176.

Porton

Latitude
51.12849° or 51° 7′ 43″ north
Longitude
-1.73251° or 1° 43′ 57″ west
Elevation
213 feet (65 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB PTX
Open location code
9C3W47H8+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1044240624
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2640011
Wiki­data ID
Q7232207
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Porton” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Porton”
  • Dutch: “Porton”
  • French: “Porton”
  • Irish: “Porton”
  • Italian: “Porton”
  • Persian: “پورتون”
  • Polish: “Porton”
  • Russian: “Портон”
  • Spanish: “Porton”
  • Swedish: “Porton”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Porton Post Office and Bourne Cemetery.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Porton”. Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.