Little Boscombe Down
Little Boscombe Down is a grassland in Allington, Wiltshire, England. Little Boscombe Down is situated nearby to St Andrew’s Church, Boscombe, Wiltshire, as well as near the hamlet Idmiston.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Andrew’s Church, Boscombe, Wiltshire and St John the Baptist’s Church, Allington.
St Andrew’s Church, Boscombe, Wiltshire
Church
Photo: Miss Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew's Church is a historic church in the village of Boscombe, Wiltshire, England. St Andrew’s Church, Boscombe, Wiltshire is situated 1,300 feet east of Little Boscombe Down.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Allington
Church
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist's Church in the village of Allington, south-east of Amesbury in Wiltshire, England, is a redundant Anglican parish church which was rebuilt in 1851. St John the Baptist’s Church, Allington is situated 3,700 feet northeast of Little Boscombe Down.
Boscombe Down Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
MOD Boscombe Down is the home of a military aircraft testing site, on the south-eastern outskirts of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. The airfield was built in 1930 as Royal Air Force Boscombe Down, and since 1939, has evaluated aircraft for use by the British Armed Forces.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boscombe and Idmiston.
Boscombe
Hamlet
Photo: Miss Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boscombe is a village in the civil parish of Allington, in Wiltshire, England. It lies about 3 miles southeast of Amesbury on the banks of the River Bourne, on the A338 road which follows the Bourne on its way from Salisbury to Tidworth and beyond.
Idmiston
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Idmiston is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3 miles southeast of Amesbury and 6 miles northeast of Salisbury. The parish includes the villages of Porton and Gomeldon; all three villages are on the River Bourne and are linked by the A338 road. Porton Down military science park is in the parish, separated from Idmiston by a railway line.
Allington
Hamlet
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles southeast of Amesbury and 7 miles northeast of Salisbury. The parish includes the village of Boscombe; both villages are on the River Bourne and the A338 road.
Little Boscombe Down
- Type: Grassland
- Location: Allington, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.14573° or 51° 8′ 45″ northLongitude
-1.7203° or 1° 43′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C3W47WH+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 1356486779OpenStreetMap feature
natural=grassland
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