Bishopstone
Bishopstone is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, England, about 6 miles east of Swindon, and on the county border with Oxfordshire.- Type: Village with 424 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Swindon, Wiltshire, UK
- Also known as: “Bishopstone, Swindon” and “Bishopstone, Wiltshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights: The Coombes and Alfred’s Castle.
Alfred’s Castle
Archaeological site
Alfred's Castle is a small Iron Age hill fort… Alfred’s Castle is situated 2 miles southeast of Bishopstone.
Wayland’s Smithy
Archaeological site
Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long… Wayland’s Smithy is situated 2½ miles northeast of Bishopstone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Idstone and Hinton Parva.
Ashbury
Village
Ashbury is a village and large civil parish at the upper end of the Vale of White Horse.
Bishopstone
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Bishopstone, Swindon, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.55211° or 51° 33′ 8″ north
Longitude
-1.6475° or 1° 38′ 51″ west
Population
424
Elevation
423 feet (129 metres)
Open location code
9C3WH923+R2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Bishopstone” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bishopstone”
- Dutch: “Bishopstone”
- French: “Bishopstone (Swindon)”
- French: “Bishopstone”
- Irish: “Bishopstone”
- Japanese: “ビショップストーン”
- Ladin: “Bishopstone”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bishopstone (Swindon)”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bishopstone”
- Polish: “Bishopstone”
- Swedish: “Bishopstone, Swindon”
- Swedish: “Bishopstone”
- Turkish: “Bishopstone, Swindon”
- Urdu: “بشپس ٹون، سوینڈن”
- “Bishopstone”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Berrycroft and Kingston Winslow.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Bishopstone Church of England Primary School and Bishopstone Village Hall.
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