Piggledene
Piggledene is a 4.7 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1965. Since 1908 it has been owned by the National Trust.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Avebury and Church of St Nicholas.
Avebury
Nature reserve
Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in south-west England. One of the best-known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. Avebury is situated 2½ miles west of Piggledene.
Church of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Nicholas is situated 3,300 feet east of Piggledene.
Silbury Hill
Nature reserve
Photo: Gobeirne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Silbury Hill is a prehistoric artificial chalk mound near Avebury in the English county of Wiltshire. It is part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites UNESCO World Heritage Site. Silbury Hill is situated 2½ miles west of Piggledene.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fyfield and Lockeridge.
Fyfield
Village
Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fyfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire, in the Kennet Valley about 2.5 miles west of Marlborough. The village is on the A4 road which was historically the main route from London to the west of England.
Lockeridge
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lockeridge is a village in Wiltshire, England. It lies at the edge of the West Woods in the Kennet Valley, 2.9 miles west of Marlborough, 3.1 miles east of Avebury and 10.5 miles south of Swindon.
Clatford
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Bates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clatford is a small hamlet approximately 1 mile west of the village of Manton and about 2 miles west of Marlborough, which is the nearest town, in Wiltshire, England.
Piggledene
- Type: Grassland
- Categories: landscape and meadow
- Location: West Overton, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.41922° or 51° 25′ 9″ northLongitude
-1.80192° or 1° 48′ 7″ westOperator
National TrustOpen location code
9C3WC59X+M6OpenStreetMap ID
way 1239918690OpenStreetMap feature
natural=grasslandWikidata ID
Q7193371
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