Cherhill
Cherhill is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 2+1⁄2 miles east of the town of Calne, on the A4 road towards Marlborough.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 572 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Wiltshire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Cherhill, Wiltshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Black Horse Inn and Calstone and Cherhill Downs.
Calstone and Cherhill Downs
Grassland
Calstone and Cherhill Downs is a 128.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1971, including downland at Calstone Wellington and Cherhill.
Cherhill White Horse
Photo: Schildiecom, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cherhill White Horse is a hill figure on Cherhill Down, just outside the village of Cherhill and 3.5 miles east of Calne 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 Westbury White Horse being older.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calstone Wellington and Compton Bassett.
Calstone Wellington
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calstone Wellington is a small village and former parish, now part of Cherhill parish, in Wiltshire, England. The village lies about 2.5 miles south-east of Calne and has a 15th-century church.
Compton Bassett
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Compton Bassett is a village and rural civil parish in Wiltshire, England, with a population of approximately 250. The village lies about 1 mile north of Cherhill and 2+1⁄2 miles east of the town of Calne.
Quemerford
Suburb
Quemerford is a southeastern suburb of the town of Calne in the county of Wiltshire, England. It is within both the Calne and Calne Without civil parishes, and lies on the A4 road towards Marlborough, which is some 12 miles to the east. Quemerford is situated 1½ miles west of Cherhill.
Cherhill
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Cherhill, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.43003° or 51° 25′ 48″ northLongitude
-1.94969° or 1° 56′ 59″ westPopulation
572Elevation
367 feet (112 metres)Open location code
9C3WC3J2+24OpenStreetMap ID
node 33433112OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2653253Wikidata ID
Q2016495
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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 “Cherhill”. Photo: Ron Strutt, CC BY-SA 2.0.