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Firsdown

Firsdown

Firsdown is a civil parish in , England, 5 miles northeast of . Before the 1950s the area was sparsely populated downland within the parish of Winterbourne.
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  • Type: Village with 622 residents
  • Description: settlement and civil parish in Wiltshire, England
  • Also known as: “Firsdown, Wiltshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Peter and Church of All Saints.

Church
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Military installation
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is a science and defence technology campus in , England, just north-east of the village of , near . It is home to two British government facilities: a site of the Ministry of Defence's Defence Science and Technology… is situated 2½ miles north of Firsdown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pitton and Winterslow.

Village
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is a village in , England, about 7 miles east of , just off the A30 London Road.

Village
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is a civil parish with a population of around 2,000, about 6 miles northeast of in Wiltshire, England, and lying south of the A30 London Road. is situated 1½ miles east of Firsdown.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Winterbourne, in , England, about 4 miles northeast of . is situated 2½ miles northwest of Firsdown.

Firsdown

Latitude
51.09868° or 51° 5′ 55″ north
Longitude
-1.69999° or 1° 41′ 60″ west
Population
622
Elevation
364 feet (111 metres)
Open location code
9C3W38X2+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 275636324
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12264539
Wiki­data ID
Q2250735
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Firsdown” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Firsdown”
  • Cebuano: “Firsdown”
  • Chinese: “Firsdown”
  • Dutch: “Firsdown”
  • French: “Firsdown”
  • Irish: “Firsdown”
  • Ladin: “Firsdown”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Firsdown”
  • Polish: “Firsdown”
  • Spanish: “Firsdown”
  • Swedish: “Firsdown”
  • Turkish: “Firsdown”
  • “Firsdown”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Piccadilly Clump and Winterbourne Down.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Firsdown”. Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.