Alton Penning
Alton Penning is a forest in Durrington, Wiltshire, England. Alton Penning is situated nearby to the village Larkhill, as well as near Durrington.Places of Interest
Highlights include Stonehenge and Woodhenge.
Stonehenge
Photo: Oni Lukos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age stone monument in a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The WHS is quite large and contains many other structures from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
Woodhenge
Photo: Adrian Farwell, CC BY 3.0.
Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles northeast of Stonehenge, in Durrington parish, just north of the town of Amesbury.
Durrington Walls
Archaeological site
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Durrington Walls is the site of a large Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure located in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in England. It lies 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge in the parish of Durrington, just north of Amesbury in Wiltshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amesbury and Bulford.
Amesbury
Photo: TobyEditor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Amesbury is a town in Wiltshire, England. As the closest town to Stonehenge, it makes an excellent starting point for a visit to the ancient monument by car or on foot.
Bulford
Village
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bulford is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, near Salisbury Plain. The village is close to Durrington and about 1.5 miles north of the town of Amesbury.
Larkhill
Village
Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Larkhill is a garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England. It lies about 1+3⁄4 miles west of the centre of Durrington village and 1+1⁄2 mi north of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge.
Alton Penning
- Type: Forest
- Location: Durrington, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.2085° or 51° 12′ 31″ northLongitude
-1.8001° or 1° 48′ 0″ westOpen location code
9C3W655X+CXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1349552515OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
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