Abbot’s Bridge

Places of Interest

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. RAF Blakehill Farm is situated 2½ miles north of Abbot’s Bridge.

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. St Mary’s Church, Purton is situated 2 miles east of Abbot’s Bridge.

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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 is situated 2 miles east of Abbot’s Bridge.

Hook

Village

Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hook is a small village in Wiltshire, England between the town of Royal Wootton Bassett and the village of Purton, just north of the M4 motorway. The village lies about 4+1⁄2 miles west of the centre of Swindon, in the civil parish of Lydiard Tregoze. Hook is situated 2 miles southeast of Abbot’s Bridge.

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