Barnard’s Folly
Barnard’s Folly is a deciduous forest in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Barnard’s Folly is situated nearby to the suburb Bemerton Heath, as well as near the locality Purchase Plantation.Places of Interest
Highlights include Salisbury Cathedral and Old Sarum.
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.
Old Sarum
Archaeological site
Photo: MARKEDWARDS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Old Sarum, in Wiltshire, South West England, is the ruined and deserted site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Situated on a hill about two miles north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest records in the country.
Salisbury railway station
Railway station
Photo: AlanFord, Public domain.
Salisbury railway station serves the cathedral city of Salisbury, in Wiltshire, England. It lies 83 miles 43 chains from London Waterloo on the West of England line to Exeter St Davids; this is crossed by the Wessex Main Line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilton and Harnham.
Wilton
Town
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
Wilton is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. Lying about 3 miles west of the city of Salisbury, and until 1889 the county town of Wiltshire, it has a rich heritage dating back to the Anglo-Saxons.
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.
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.
Barnard’s Folly
- Type: Deciduous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.0826° or 51° 4′ 58″ northLongitude
-1.8327° or 1° 49′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C3W35M8+3WOpenStreetMap ID
way 1104138050OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bemerton Heath and Purchase Plantation.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Woodlands Primary School and Bemerton Heath Centre.
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