Bitham Lake

Bitham Lake is a lake in Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, England. Bitham Lake is situated nearby to the village Fonthill Gifford, as well as near the hamlet Newtown.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tisbury railway station and Church of Holy Trinity.

Tisbury railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tisbury railway station serves the village of Tisbury in Wiltshire, England. It is currently managed by South Western Railway and is on the West of England Main Line, 96 miles 14 chains down the line from London Waterloo.

Church of Holy Trinity

Church

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Fonthill Splendens

Manor estate

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fonthill Splendens was a country mansion in Wiltshire, built by Alderman William Beckford; building began in 1755 and was largely complete by 1770. The construction followed the destruction by fire of the previous Fonthill House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wardour and Semley.

Wardour

Hamlet

Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wardour is a settlement in the civil parish of Tisbury, in Wiltshire, England, about 13 miles west of Salisbury and 4 miles south of Hindon.

Semley

Village

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Semley is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sedgehill and Semley, in Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles north-east of Shaftesbury in neighbouring Dorset.

Sedgehill

Village

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sedgehill is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sedgehill and Semley, in the southwest of the county of Wiltshire, England. It lies to the west of the A350 primary route, about 3+1⁄4 miles north of Shaftesbury, Dorset.

Bitham Lake

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.0745° or 51° 4′ 28″ north

Longitude

-2.118° or 2° 7′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C3V3VFJ+QQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 121475151

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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