Dstl Porton Down
Dstl Porton Down is a military installation in Idmiston, Wiltshire, England which is located on Porton Down. Dstl Porton Down is situated nearby to the hamlet Idmiston, as well as near Boscombe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porton Down and Church of St Andrew.
Porton Down
Military installation
Photo: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porton Down is a science and defence technology campus in Wiltshire, England, just north-east of the village of Porton, near Salisbury. It is home to two British government facilities: a site of the Ministry of Defence's Defence Science and Technology… Porton Down is situated 1 mile east of Dstl Porton Down.
Church of St Andrew
Church
Photo: Miss Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Andrew is situated 1 mile northwest of Dstl Porton Down.
Boscombe Down Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Rodw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
MOD Boscombe Down is the home of a military aircraft testing site, on the south-eastern outskirts of the town of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. The site is managed by QinetiQ, the private defence company created as part of the breakup of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency in 2001 by the UK Ministry of Defence. Boscombe Down Airport is situated 2½ miles northwest of Dstl Porton Down.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Idmiston and Boscombe.
Idmiston
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Idmiston is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village is about 3 miles southeast of Amesbury and 6 miles northeast of Salisbury. The parish includes the villages of Porton and Gomeldon; all three villages are on the River Bourne and are linked by the A338 road. Porton Down military science park is in the parish, separated from Idmiston by a railway line.
Boscombe
Hamlet
Photo: Miss Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boscombe is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Allington, Wiltshire, England. It lies about 3 miles southeast of Amesbury on the banks of the River Bourne, on the A338 road which follows the Bourne on its way from Salisbury to Tidworth and beyond.
Allington
Hamlet
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles southeast of Amesbury and 7 miles northeast of Salisbury. The parish includes the village of Boscombe; both villages are on the River Bourne and the A338 road.
Dstl Porton Down
- Type: Military installation
- Address: Porton Down, Salisbury, SP4 0JQ
- Location: Idmiston, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.13491° or 51° 8′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.70211° or 1° 42′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C3W47MX+X5OpenStreetMap ID
way 28121567OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=base
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Highlights include Porton Down Magazine Storage Facility and St. Nicholas, Idmiston Parish Church.
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