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.Places of Interest
Highlights include The Coombes and Alfred’s Castle.
The Coombes
Nature reserve
The Coombes is a 15.9 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Hinton Parva in the Borough of Swindon, England, notified in 1989. Within a steep-sided dry valley on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, the chalk grassland is important for its variety of grasses and associated species of butterfly.
Alfred’s Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Garyrobertlock, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alfred's Castle is a small Iron Age hill fort, situated at grid reference SU277822, behind Ashdown Park in the civil parish of Ashbury in Oxfordshire. It lies 2–3 km south of the Ridgeway and is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Alfred’s Castle is situated 2 miles east of Bishopstone.
St Andrew’s Church
Church
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew's Church is in the village of Wanborough in north Wiltshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Bristol, one of only three churches in England to have both a western tower and a central spire. St Andrew’s Church is situated 2½ miles west of Bishopstone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wanborough and Ashbury.
Wanborough
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wanborough is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3.5 miles southeast of Swindon town centre.
Ashbury
Village
Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashbury is a village and large civil parish at the upper end of the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Bishopstone
- Type: Locality
- Location: Swindon, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5489° or 51° 32′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.6508° or 1° 39′ 3″ westElevation
456 feet (139 metres)Open location code
9C3WG8XX+GMGeoNames ID
7291959
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