Thorny Down
Thorny Down is a peak in Firsdown, Wiltshire, England and has an elevation of 541 feet. Access is restricted and requires permission. Thorny Down is situated nearby to the village Firsdown, as well as near the locality Porton Down.Places of Interest
Highlights include Porton Down and Church of St Nicholas.
Porton Down
Military installation
Photo: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porton Down is a science and defence technology campus in Wiltshire, England, just north-east of the village of Porton, near Salisbury. It is home to two British government facilities: a site of the Ministry of Defence's Defence Science and Technology…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winterbourne Gunner and Winterbourne Dauntsey.
Winterbourne Gunner
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winterbourne Gunner is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Winterbourne, in Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles northeast of Salisbury.
Winterbourne Dauntsey
Village
Winterbourne Dauntsey is a village in Wiltshire, England, in the Bourne valley on the A338 road about 3.5 miles northeast of Salisbury. In 1931 the parish had a population of 176.
Porton
Village
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porton is a village in the Bourne valley, Wiltshire, England, about 5 miles northeast of Salisbury. It is the largest settlement in Idmiston civil parish.
Thorny Down
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 541 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Firsdown, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.10731° or 51° 6′ 26″ northLongitude
-1.71143° or 1° 42′ 41″ westElevation
541 feet (165 metres)Open location code
9C3W474Q+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 9924929613OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12616091
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