Mountain Bower

Mountain Bower is a locality in North Wraxall, Wiltshire, England. Mountain Bower is situated nearby to the hamlet Upper Wraxall, as well as near The Shoe.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St James, North Wraxall and Bury Camp.

Church of St James, North Wraxall

Church

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Bury Camp

Archaeological site

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Bury Camp is the site of an Iron Age multivallate hillfort in north-west Wiltshire, England. It occupies a triangular promontory of Colerne Down, in the north of Colerne parish, at the southern edge of the Cotswold Hills between two spurs of a river valley.

Colerne Airfield

Aerodrome

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Colerne Airfield, now known as Azimghur Barracks, is a British Army facility just north-west of the village of Colerne, Wiltshire, England. It is set to close in 2029. Colerne Airfield is situated 2 miles south of Mountain Bower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Shoe and North Wraxall.

The Shoe

Hamlet

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The Shoe is a small hamlet in the parish of North Wraxall, in the north-west of Wiltshire in England. It lies at the junction of the Fosse Way and the A420.

North Wraxall

Village

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North Wraxall is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 6 miles west of Chippenham, just north of the A420 road between Chippenham and Bristol.

Nettleton

Village

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Nettleton is a village and civil parish about 6.5 miles northwest of Chippenham in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the villages of Burton and West Kington, and the hamlets of Horsedown, Nettleton Shrub and West Kington Wick. Nettleton is situated 1½ miles northeast of Mountain Bower.

Mountain Bower

Type: Locality
Location: North Wraxall, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.47806° or 51° 28′ 41″ north

Longitude

-2.28105° or 2° 16′ 52″ west

Elevation

466 feet (142 metres)

Open location code

9C3VFPH9+6H

GeoNames ID

13279875

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