Chilbolton Observatory
The Chilbolton Observatory is a facility for atmospheric and radio research located on the edge of the village of Chilbolton near Stockbridge in Hampshire, England.Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Drichards2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary the Less and Abbess Grange.
Church of St Mary the Less
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary the Less is situated 1 mile north of Chilbolton Observatory.
Abbess Grange
Manor estate
Abbess Grange is a neo-Elizabethan house at Leckford, Hampshire, England designed by Sir Banister Fletcher, a British architect, in 1901 for George Miles-Bailey, on the site of a former grange of St. Abbess Grange is situated 1½ miles southwest of Chilbolton Observatory.
Church of St Peter and Holy Cross, Wherwell
Church
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St Peter and Holy Cross, Wherwell is situated 1¼ miles north of Chilbolton Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fullerton and Cottonworth.
Fullerton
Hamlet
Fullerton is a small village in Wherwell civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. At the 2011 Census the Post Office say the population was included in the civil parish of Wherwell.
Cottonworth
Hamlet
Cottonworth is a hamlet in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The village lies on the A3057 road between Andover and Romsey. According to the PostOffice the 2011 Census population was included in the civil parish of Wherwell.
Leckford
Hamlet
Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leckford is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It lies on the eastern bank of the River Test just to the south of its confluence with the River Anton, to the east of Longstock and south of Chilbolton.
Chilbolton Observatory
- Type: Observatory
- Description: facility for atmospheric and radio research
- Categories: astronomical observatory, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Chilbolton, Test Valley District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.14689° or 51° 8′ 49″ northLongitude
-1.43863° or 1° 26′ 19″ westOperator
Science and Technology Facilities CouncilOpen location code
9C3W4HW6+QGOpenStreetMap ID
way 165932586OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=observatoryWikidata ID
Q5097620
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Urdu—“Chilbolton Observatory” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد شيلبولتون”
- French: “Observatoire de Chilbolton”
- Italian: “osservatorio di Chilbolton”
- Ukrainian: “Чилболтонська обсерваторія”
- Urdu: “چیلبولٹن رصدگاہ”
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