Broad Town
Broad Town is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles southeast of Royal Wootton Bassett and 6 miles southwest of Swindon. The parish includes the hamlet of Thornhill and the farming hamlet of Cotmarsh.- Type: Village with 588 residents
- Description: village in Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Broad Town, Wiltshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Christ Church and Broad Town White Horse.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is the parish church of the village of Broad Town in Wiltshire, England. Constructed between 1844 and 1846 as a late Commissioners' church, it remains an active parish church and is a Grade II listed building.
Broad Town White Horse
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broad Town White Horse is a hill figure of a white horse located in the village of Broad Town, Wiltshire, England. One of eight canonical hill figures in Wiltshire depicting a white horse, it is carved into a 45° slope above Little Town Farmhouse and is visible for 20 miles.
Church of St Peter, Clyffe Pypard
Church
Photo: Immanuel Giel, Public domain.
The Church of St Peter, Clyffe Pypard, Wiltshire is a parish church of the Diocese of Salisbury, England. It dates from the 13th and 15th centuries, and was restored by William Butterfield in 1860 and 1873–1874.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broad Hinton and Bushton.
Broad Hinton
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broad Hinton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 5 miles southwest of Swindon. The parish includes the hamlets of Uffcott and The Weir.
Bushton
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bushton is an English hamlet about 3 miles south of Royal Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire. It belongs to the civil parish of Clyffe Pypard. Bushton is situated 1½ miles west of Broad Town.
Winterbourne Bassett
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winterbourne Bassett is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 6 miles southwest of Swindon and 7 miles northwest of Marlborough. Winterbourne Bassett is situated 2 miles south of Broad Town.
Broad Town
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Broad Town, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.49889° or 51° 29′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.87041° or 1° 52′ 14″ westPopulation
588Elevation
433 feet (132 metres)Open location code
9C3WF4XH+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 1141013063OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2654632Wikidata ID
Q4784744
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Broad Town” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Broad Town”
- Chinese: “Broad Town”
- Dutch: “Broad Town”
- French: “Broad Town”
- Greek: “Μπρoντ Τάουν”
- Irish: “Broad Town”
- Ladin: “Broad Town”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Broad Town”
- Polish: “Broad Town”
- Swedish: “Broad Town”
- Turkish: “Broad Town”
- “Broad Town”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Thornhill and Cotmarsh.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Broad Town Village Hall and Snow Hill.
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