Purton Wood
Purton Wood is a forest in Purton, Wiltshire, England. Purton Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet The Pry, as well as near the suburb Taw Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mouldon Hill Country Park and Blunsdon railway station.
Mouldon Hill Country Park
Park
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mouldon Hill Country Park is a country park to the north west of the town centre of Swindon, within the parish of Haydon Wick and close to Thamesdown Drive.
Blunsdon railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tim Walker, CC BY 2.0.
Blunsdon railway station is a station on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway, a heritage line in Wiltshire, England. The first station on the site was built in 1895 to serve the villages of Blunsdon St Andrew and Broad Blunsdon, north of Swindon, and closed in 1937.
Hayes Knoll railway station
Railway station
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hayes Knoll railway station is found on the heritage Swindon and Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire, England. Hayes Knoll station was built in 1999 as part of the work to reopen the section of the former Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade, the entire route having been closed in 1961.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swindon and Cricklade.
Swindon
Photo: Fanvonangelie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, south west England, that is known for its railway-town heritage and links with the British railway system in which it played a central part during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Cricklade
Photo: Doowyah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the northernmost town in Wiltshire.
Haydon Wick
Suburb
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haydon Wick is a suburb and civil parish of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It had a population of 25,036 at the 2021 census. The parish includes the former hamlet of Haydon and the suburbs of Greenmeadow and Priory Vale.
Purton Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Purton, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.5945° or 51° 35′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.8362° or 1° 50′ 10″ westOperator
Woodland TrustOpen location code
9C3WH5V7+RGOpenStreetMap ID
way 214213932OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as The Pry and Taw Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
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