The Firs

The Firs is a residential area in Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England. The Firs is situated near Church of God in Swindon, as well as near the forest Morris’s Copse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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

Type: Residential area
Location: Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.56312° or 51° 33′ 47″ north

Longitude

-1.90665° or 1° 54′ 24″ west

Open location code

9C3WH37V+68

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1191291908

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Church of God in Swindon and Morris’s Copse.

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Places to explore: Flaxlands Manor Farm and The Stables.

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