Bratton

Bratton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, about 2.5 miles east of Westbury. The village lies under the northern slope of Salisbury Plain, on the B3098 Westbury – Market Lavington road.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Westbury White Horse and Bratton Castle.

Westbury White Horse

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Westbury White Horse or Bratton White Horse is a hill figure on the escarpment of Salisbury Plain, approximately 1.5 miles east of Westbury in Wiltshire, England.

Bratton Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bratton Castle is a bivallate Iron Age built hill fort on Bratton Down, at the western edge of the Salisbury Plain escarpment. The hill fort comprises two circuits of ditch and bank which together enclose a pentagonal area of 9.3 hectares.

Westbury Library

Library

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westbury and Steeple Ashton.

Westbury

Town

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Westbury is a market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. The town lies below the northwestern edge of Salisbury Plain, about 4 miles south of Trowbridge and a similar distance north of Warminster.

Steeple Ashton

Village

Photo: My another account, Public domain.

Steeple Ashton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 3 miles east of Trowbridge. In 2021 the parish had a population of 1221. In the north of the parish are the hamlets of Ashton Common and Bullenhill. Steeple Ashton is situated 3½ miles north of Bratton.

Bratton

Type: Locality
Location: Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.2624° or 51° 15′ 45″ north

Longitude

-2.1382° or 2° 8′ 18″ west

Elevation

692 feet (211 metres)

Open location code

9C3V7V66+WP

GeoNames ID

7296257

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