The Firs
The Firs is a residential area in Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England. The Firs is situated nearby to Church of God in Swindon, as well as near the forest Morris’s Copse.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ringsbury Camp and Wootton Bassett Museum.
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. Ringsbury Camp is situated 1¼ miles northeast of The Firs.
Wootton Bassett Museum
Museum
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wootton Bassett Museum is a local museum in the market town of Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England. It is housed in the town hall which is a Grade II listed building. Wootton Bassett Museum is situated 1½ miles south of The Firs.
Royal Wootton Bassett Academy
School
Royal Wootton Bassett Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form in the town of Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England, for students aged 11 to 18. With over 1,700 pupils, it is one of the largest in Wiltshire. Royal Wootton Bassett Academy is situated 1 mile south of The Firs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hook and Lydiard Millicent.
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.
Lydiard Millicent
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydiard Millicent is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles west of the centre of Swindon. The parish contains the hamlets of Lydiard Green, Lydiard Plain, Greatfield and Green Hill; in the northeast the parish extends to Common Platt, which is now contiguous with the Peatmoor area of Swindon. Lydiard Millicent is situated 2 miles east of The Firs.
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 2½ miles northeast of The Firs.
The Firs
Latitude
51.56312° or 51° 33′ 47″ northLongitude
-1.90665° or 1° 54′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C3WH37V+68OpenStreetMap ID
way 1191291908OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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