Downton
Downton is a village and civil parish on the River Avon in southern Wiltshire, England, about 6 miles southeast of the city of Salisbury. The parish is on the county boundary with Hampshire and is close to the New Forest; it includes the villages of Wick and Charlton-All-Saints, and the small ancient settlement of Witherington.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,730 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Wiltshire, UK
- Also known as: “Downton, Wiltshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baptist Church and The Trafalgar School at Downton.
The Trafalgar School at Downton
School
The Trafalgar School at Downton is a coeducational secondary school in Downton, in the south of the English county of Wiltshire. The school began as a secondary modern in 1964.
Church of St Laurence
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Laurence is the main Church of England parish church for the village of Downton, Wiltshire, England. An unusually long building for a village church, the present structure dates from 1147.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Charford and Charlton-All-Saints.
North Charford
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Charford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Breamore, in the New Forest district, in Hampshire, England, near the Wiltshire border. Historically the name refers to a manor which is on the west bank of the River Avon.
Charlton-All-Saints
Hamlet
Photo: Bramble43, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Charlton-All-Saints is a hamlet in the civil parish of Downton, in South Wiltshire, England. It lies immediately west of the River Avon, about 1.5 mi north of Downton village and 4 mi south-east of the city of Salisbury.
South Charford
Hamlet
Photo: David Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Charford is a hamlet in the civil parish of Breamore, in the New Forest district, in Hampshire, England. It is on the west bank of the River Avon. South Charford is situated 1½ miles south of Downton.
Downton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Downton, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.99276° or 50° 59′ 34″ northLongitude
-1.75175° or 1° 45′ 6″ westPopulation
2,730Elevation
115 feet (35 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB DWTOpen location code
9C2WX6VX+47OpenStreetMap ID
node 271387OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Downton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Downton (Wiltshire)”
- Basque: “Downton”
- Cebuano: “Downton (kapital sa distrito)”
- Cebuano: “Downton”
- Chinese: “Downton”
- Czech: “Downton”
- Dutch: “Downton”
- French: “Downton”
- German: “Downton”
- Irish: “Downton”
- Ladin: “Downton”
- Latin: “Downton (Wiltonia)”
- Latin: “Downton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Downton (Wiltshire)”
- Polish: “Downton”
- Slovak: “Downton”
- Spanish: “Downton”
- Swedish: “Downton, Wiltshire”
- Swedish: “Downton”
- Turkish: “Downton, Wiltshire”
- Welsh: “Downton, Wiltshire”
- Welsh: “Downton”
- “Downton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Downton CofE VA Primary School and Downton Memorial Hall.
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