The Close
The Close is a suburb in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The Close is situated nearby to the locality Ayleswade Bridge, as well as near the suburb The Friary.Places of Interest
Highlights include Salisbury Cathedral and The Salisbury Museum.
Salisbury Cathedral
Church
Photo: Solipsist, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Salisbury, England. The cathedral is regarded as one of the leading examples of Early English Gothic design.
The Salisbury Museum
Museum
Photo: SalisburyMuseum1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Salisbury Museum is a museum in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. It houses one of the best collections relating to Stonehenge and local archaeology. The museum is housed in The King's House, a Grade I listed building, where King James I of England was entertained in 1610 and 1613.
Mompesson House
Photo: Seb Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mompesson House is an 18th-century house in the Cathedral Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The house is Grade I listed and has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1975.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harnham and Bemerton.
Harnham
Suburb
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harnham is a suburb of the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England, centred about 0.6 miles south of Salisbury Cathedral and across the River Avon. Harnham is split into the areas of West Harnham and East Harnham.
Bemerton
Suburb
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bemerton, once a rural hamlet and later a civil parish to the west of Salisbury, in Wiltshire, England, is now a suburb of that city. Modern-day Bemerton has areas known as Bemerton Heath, Bemerton Village and Lower Bemerton.
Stratford-sub-Castle
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stratford-sub-Castle in Wiltshire, England, was anciently a separate village and civil parish, but is now in Salisbury. At approximately 170 ft above sea level, it is dominated to the east by the remains of an Iron Age hillfort, within the boundaries of which a Norman castle was built. Stratford-sub-Castle is situated 2 miles north of The Close.
The Close
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.06365° or 51° 3′ 49″ northLongitude
-1.79805° or 1° 47′ 53″ westElevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
9C3W3672+FQOpenStreetMap ID
node 12512662933OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13270139
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