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Compton Bassett

Compton Bassett

Compton Bassett is a village and rural civil parish in , England, with a population of approximately 250. The village lies about 1 mile north of and 2+1⁄2 miles east of the town of .
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  • Type: Village with 236 residents
  • Description: village in Wiltshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Compton Bassett, Wiltshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Swithin and Church of All Saints.

Church
Photo: Kevin Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1½ miles east of Compton Bassett.

Photo: Schildiecom, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hill figure on Cherhill Down, just outside the village of and 3.5 miles east of in Wiltshire, England. Dating from the late 18th century, it is the third oldest of several such white horses in Great Britain, with only the Uffington White Horse and the being older. is situated 2 miles southeast of Compton Bassett.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cherhill and Highway.

Village
Photo: Ron Strutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England. The village is about 2+1⁄2 miles east of the town of , on the A4 road towards .

Hamlet
is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in Wiltshire, England. The hamlet lies about 1+1⁄2 miles southeast of Hilmarton village and 3+1⁄2 miles northeast of the town of .

Village
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is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in , England. It is in the northeast of Cherhill parish, 1 mile north of the A4 road approximately 4 miles east of and 9 miles west of . is situated 2 miles east of Compton Bassett.

Compton Bassett

Latitude
51.44906° or 51° 26′ 57″ north
Longitude
-1.9478° or 1° 56′ 52″ west
Population
236
Elevation
341 feet (104 metres)
Open location code
9C3WC3X2+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3005713505
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2652485
Wiki­data ID
Q2268825
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Compton Bassett” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Compton Bassett”
  • Chinese: “Compton Bassett”
  • Dutch: “Compton Bassett”
  • French: “Compton Bassett”
  • Irish: “Compton Bassett”
  • Ladin: “Compton Bassett”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Compton Bassett”
  • Polish: “Compton Bassett”
  • Swedish: “Compton Bassett”
  • Turkish: “Compton Bassett”
  • “Compton Bassett”

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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 “Compton Bassett”. Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.