Purton
Purton is a locality in Wiltshire, West Country, England. Purton is situated nearby to the locality Dogridge, as well as near the hamlet Widham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
St Mary’s Church, Purton
Church
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church in the village of Purton in north Wiltshire, England, is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Bristol. A large building begun in the 13th century and one of only three churches in England to have both a western tower and a central spire, it has been designated as a Grade I listed building by English Heritage.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cricklade and Royal Wootton Bassett.
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.
Royal Wootton Bassett
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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.
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
- Type: Locality
- Location: Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.5956° or 51° 35′ 44″ northLongitude
-1.885° or 1° 53′ 6″ westElevation
328 feet (100 metres)Open location code
9C3WH4W7+6XGeoNames ID
7300359
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