Whaddon Common

Whaddon Common is a forest in Alderbury, Wiltshire, England. Whaddon Common is situated nearby to the locality Snipe Bed, as well as near Stanford’s Bog.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Clarendon Park and Church of St John.

Clarendon Park

Manor estate

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clarendon Park is a Grade I listed building, estate and civil parish located a short distance east of the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. According to the 2011 census the population of the parish was 246.

Church of St John

Church

Photo: Peter Elliott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Pepperbox

Ruins

Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Pepperbox, also known as Eyre's Folly, is a folly tower that stands near the highest point on Pepperbox Hill, the peak of a chalk ridge about 5 miles south-east of the city of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salisbury and Alderbury.

Salisbury

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Salisbury is a cathedral city in the English county of Wiltshire, in the West Country at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. Stonehenge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is 13 km northwest of Salisbury.

Alderbury

Village

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alderbury is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, in the south of the county around 3 miles southeast of Salisbury. The parish includes the village of Whaddon, which is adjacent to Alderbury, and the hamlet of Shute End.

East Grimstead

Village

Photo: Peter Jordan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

East Grimstead is a village in the civil parish of Grimstead, on the River Dun in Wiltshire, England, about 5 miles east of Salisbury. The village has about 70 households and no shops, public houses or schools.

Whaddon Common

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

51.042° or 51° 2′ 31″ north

Longitude

-1.7185° or 1° 43′ 6″ west

Open location code

9C3W27RJ+RJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 203376734

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Alderbury Football Club and Common Plantation.

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