Braydon
Braydon is a civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, about 6 miles northwest of Swindon, between Purton and Minety. A thinly-populated farming area with no settlements apart from the farms, it is best known for sharing its name with Braydon Forest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 57 residents
- Description: village in Wiltshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Braydon, Wiltshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ringsbury Camp and RAF Blakehill Farm.
Ringsbury Camp
Archaeological site
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ringsbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort, thought to date from approximately the year 50BC, in the civil parish of Purton in Wiltshire, England. The site is a scheduled monument.
RAF Blakehill Farm
Nature reserve
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Royal Air Force Blakehill Farm or more simply RAF Blakehill Farm is a former Royal Air Force station southwest of Cricklade in Wiltshire, England, operational between 1944 and 1952.
All Saints Church, Leigh
Church
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints Church was built around 1250 at Leigh, north Wiltshire, England, and was originally on a site half a mile to the north of its current location. All Saints Church, Leigh is situated 2½ miles north of Braydon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Royal Wootton Bassett and Cricklade.
Royal Wootton Bassett
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Wootton Bassett is a small town in Wiltshire, England, not far from Swindon. It was founded in 681 as Wodeton, and gained the 'Royal' moniker in 2011 in recognition of the town's role in respectfully welcoming back deceased British troops from overseas.
Cricklade
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Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the first downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227.
Purton
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purton is a large village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles northwest of the centre of Swindon. The parish includes the village of Purton Stoke and the hamlets of Bentham, Hayes Knoll, Purton Common, Restrop, The Fox and Widham. Purton is situated 2½ miles east of Braydon.
Braydon
- Categories: village and civil parish
- Location: Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Braydon” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Брайдон”
- Cebuano: “Braydon”
- Chinese: “Braydon”
- Dutch: “Braydon”
- French: “Braydon”
- Irish: “Braydon”
- Ladin: “Braydon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Braydon”
- Polish: “Braydon”
- Swedish: “Braydon”
- Turkish: “Braydon”
- “Braydon”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Worthy Hill and Blakehill Farm.
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