Boscombe
Boscombe is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Allington, Wiltshire, England. It lies about 3 miles southeast of Amesbury on the banks of the River Bourne, on the A338 road which follows the Bourne on its way from Salisbury to Tidworth and beyond.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Wiltshire, UK
- Also known as: “Boscombe, Wiltshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Andrew and St John the Baptist’s Church, Allington.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Allington
Church
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist's Church in the village of Allington, south-east of Amesbury in Wiltshire, England, is a redundant Anglican parish church which was rebuilt in 1851.
Boscombe Down Airport
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 Amesbury, Wiltshire, 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 UK Ministry of Defence. Boscombe Down Airport is situated 1½ miles west of Boscombe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Allington and Idmiston.
Allington
Hamlet
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles southeast of Amesbury and 7 miles northeast of Salisbury. The parish includes the village of Boscombe; both villages are on the River Bourne and the A338 road.
Idmiston
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Idmiston is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3 miles southeast of Amesbury and 6 miles northeast of Salisbury. The parish includes the villages of Porton and Gomeldon; all three villages are on the River Bourne and are linked by the A338 road. Porton Down military science park is in the parish, separated from Idmiston by a railway line.
Porton
Village
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porton is a village in the Bourne valley, Wiltshire, England, about 5 miles northeast of Salisbury. It is the largest settlement in Idmiston civil parish. Porton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Boscombe.
Boscombe
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Allington, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.1471° or 51° 8′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.71285° or 1° 42′ 46″ westElevation
358 feet (109 metres)Open location code
9C3W47WP+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 3307969660OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Boscombe” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Boscombe, Wiltshire”
- French: “Boscombe”
- Irish: “Boscombe”
- Ladin: “Boscombe”
- Polish: “Boscombe”
- Swedish: “Boscombe”
- “Boscombe”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Boscombe Down and St. Nicholas, Idmiston Parish Church.
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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 “Boscombe”. Photo: Miss Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.