The Moon
The Moon is a forest in Wanborough, Swindon, England. The Moon is situated nearby to the hamlet Fox Hill, as well as near Upper Upham.Places of Interest
Highlights include Liddington Castle and The Coombes.
Liddington Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Philipjelley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Liddington Castle, locally called Liddington Camp, is a late Bronze Age and early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Liddington parish in the English county of Wiltshire, and a scheduled monument.
The Coombes
Nature reserve
The Coombes is a 15.9 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Hinton Parva in the Borough of Swindon, England, notified in 1989. Within a steep-sided dry valley on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, the chalk grassland is important for its variety of grasses and associated species of butterfly.
Snap
Archaeological site
Snap is an abandoned village near Aldbourne in Wiltshire, England. It is unusual in that it was not abandoned until the 20th century. The village was recorded in 1268 under the name of Snape.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wanborough and Chiseldon.
Wanborough
Village
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wanborough is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3.5 miles southeast of Swindon town centre.
Chiseldon
Village
Photo: Hoos-foos, Public domain.
Chiseldon is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The village lies on the edge of the Marlborough Downs, a mile south of junction 15 of the M4 motorway, on the A346 between Swindon and Marlborough.
Liddington
Village
Photo: Dr Duncan Pepper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Liddington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, England. The village is about a mile beyond the south-east edge of Swindon's built-up area, close to junction 15 of the M4 motorway, which is approximately 2 miles away via the B4192.
The Moon
- Type: Forest
- Location: Wanborough, Swindon, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.514° or 51° 30′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.6674° or 1° 40′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C3WG87M+J2OpenStreetMap ID
way 200340056OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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