Deptford Down

Deptford Down is a grassland in Wylye, Wiltshire, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Deptford Down is situated nearby to the aerodrome Deptford ‘Farm’ airstrip, as well as near the peak Stony Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yarnbury Castle and St Nicholas’s Church, Fisherton Delamere.

Yarnbury Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yarnbury Castle is the site of a multiphase, multivallate Iron Age hillfort near the village of Steeple Langford, Wiltshire, England. The site covers an area of 28.5 acres, and was extensively surveyed and investigated by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England in 1991, with finds of Iron Age and Romano-British pottery, Iron Age and Roman coins, and burials of human remains. Yarnbury Castle is situated 1½ miles east of Deptford Down.

St Nicholas’s Church, Fisherton Delamere

Church

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Nicholas's Church in Fisherton Delamere, Wiltshire, England, was built in the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. St Nicholas’s Church, Fisherton Delamere is situated 1½ miles southwest of Deptford Down.

Church of St John the Baptist

Church

Photo: Krsmith, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church of St John the Baptist is situated 2½ miles southwest of Deptford Down.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deptford and Fisherton de la Mere.

Deptford

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Deptford is a hamlet.

Fisherton de la Mere

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fisherton de la Mere, also spelt Fisherton Delamere, is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wylye, on the River Wylye, Wiltshire, England. Fisherton de la Mere is situated 1½ miles southwest of Deptford Down.

Bapton

Hamlet

Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bapton is a hamlet in Wiltshire, England, in the civil parish of Stockton. It lies south of the A36 and the River Wylye, on the minor road which follows the right bank of the Wylye, about 1 mile southeast of Stockton village and about 9 miles southeast of Warminster. Bapton is situated 2 miles southwest of Deptford Down.

Deptford Down

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Grassland
Location: Wylye, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.1667° or 51° 10′ 0″ north

Longitude

-1.98562° or 1° 59′ 8″ west

Open location code

9C3W5287+MQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1028328188

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=grassland

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Deptford ‘Farm’ airstrip and Stony Hill.

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