Lower Silk Wood

Lower Silk Wood is a forest in Sherston, Wiltshire, England. Lower Silk Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Willesley, as well as near the locality Sand Earth.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Westonbirt Arboretum and Church of St Lawrence.

Westonbirt Arboretum

Garden

Photo: Stuz, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Westonbirt, The National Arboretum is an arboretum in Gloucestershire, England, about 3 miles southwest of the town of Tetbury. Managed by Forestry England, it is perhaps the most important and widely known arboretum in the United Kingdom.

Church of St Lawrence

Church

Photo: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Anglican Church of St Lawrence at Didmarton in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England, was built in the 13th century. It is a grade I listed building.

Westonbirt School

School

Photo: AHFilms, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Westonbirt School is a co-educational private day and boarding school for pupils aged 11 to 18 near Tetbury in Gloucestershire in South West England. It was set up in 1928 as a girls' school.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tetbury and Sherston.

Tetbury

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tetbury is a small market town in Gloucestershire famous for its royal connections as the home of King Charles III. It has a wide choice of tea shops, bistros, cafes, pubs and restaurants serving delicious local produce.

Sherston

Village

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Sherston is a village and civil parish about 5 miles west of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England. The parish is bounded to the north by the county boundary with Gloucestershire, and to the southeast by the Fosse Way, a Roman road.

Leighterton

Village

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Leighterton is a village in rural Gloucestershire off the A46. It sits within the civil parish of Boxwell with Leighterton, 4.25 miles west-southwest of Tetbury, towards the southern end of the Cotswolds AONB.

Lower Silk Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Sherston, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.5961° or 51° 35′ 46″ north

Longitude

-2.2223° or 2° 13′ 20″ west

Open location code

9C3VHQWH+C3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 136033370

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Willesley and Sand Earth.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Silk Wood Play Area and The Holford Arms.

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