Broad Town

Broad Town is a village and civil parish in , England, about 3 miles southeast of and 6 miles southwest of . The parish includes the hamlet of Thornhill and the farming hamlet of Cotmarsh.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bincknoll Castle and Christ Church.

Archaeological site
, or Bincknoll Camp, is the site of a possible Iron Age univallate hillfort in , England. The site lies on the end of a triangular promontory on the escarpment beneath the Ridgeway to the south.

Church
is the parish church of the village of in , England. Constructed between 1844 and 1846 as a late Commissioners' church, it remains an active parish church and is a Grade II listed building.

Spring
is an 8,000-square-metre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in , England, notified in 1997. It can be found following a ten-minute walk from the canal car park opposite Templars Way, along the Wilts & Berks Canal cut and then south across agricultural land.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Royal Wootton Bassett and Wroughton.

is a small town in , , not far from . 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.

is a large village and civil parish in northeast , England. It is part of the and lies along the A4361 between and ; the road into Swindon crosses the M4 motorway between junctions 15 and 16.

Village
is a village and civil parish in , England, about 5 miles southwest of . The parish includes the hamlets of Uffcott and The Weir.

Broad Town

Latitude
51.5098° or 51° 30′ 35″ north
Longitude
-1.8722° or 1° 52′ 20″ west
Elevation
338 feet (103 metres)
Open location code
9C3WG45H+W4
Geo­Names ID
7300310
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