Porton Down

Porton Down is a science and defence technology campus in , England, just north-east of the village of , near . It is home to two British government facilities: a site of the Ministry of Defence's Defence Science and Technology…
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  • Type: Military installation
  • Description: UK government military science park in Wiltshire, England
  • Also known as: “Porton Down and Winterbourne Gunner Military Lands”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Andrew’s Church, Boscombe, Wiltshire and St John the Baptist’s Church, Allington.

Church
Photo: Miss Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew's Church is a historic church in the village of , England. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Porton Down.

Church
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St John the Baptist's Church in the village of , south-east of in Wiltshire, England, is a redundant Anglican parish church which was rebuilt in 1851. is situated 2 miles northwest of Porton Down.

Church
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is situated 2 miles west of Porton Down.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Idmiston and Boscombe.

Hamlet
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England. The village is about 3 miles southeast of and 6 miles northeast of . The parish includes the villages of and Gomeldon; all three villages are on the River Bourne and are linked by the A338 road. military science park is in the parish, separated from by a railway line. is situated 1½ miles west of Porton Down.

Hamlet
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is a village in the civil parish of , in , England. It lies about 3 miles southeast of on the banks of the River Bourne, on the A338 road which follows the Bourne on its way from to and beyond. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Porton Down.

Hamlet
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England, about 3 miles southeast of and 7 miles northeast of . The parish includes the village of ; both villages are on the River Bourne and the A338 road. is situated 2 miles northwest of Porton Down.

Porton Down

Latitude
51.13256° or 51° 7′ 57″ north
Longitude
-1.68108° or 1° 40′ 52″ west
Operator
Ministry of Defence
Open location code
9C3W48M9+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 306868679
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Wiki­data ID
Q7232208
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Porton Down” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Портън Даун”
  • Cebuano: “Porton Down”
  • Chinese: “波尔顿科学园区”
  • Chinese: “波登唐”
  • Chinese: “波頓當”
  • Chinese: “波頓道國防科學實驗室”
  • Chinese: “波頓道恩”
  • Finnish: “Porton Down”
  • French: “Porton Down”
  • German: “Porton Down”
  • Irish: “Porton Down”
  • Italian: “Porton Down”
  • Japanese: “ポートンダウン”
  • Latin: “Porton Down”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Porton Down”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Porton Down”
  • Norwegian: “Porton Down”
  • Portuguese: “Porton Down”
  • Russian: “Портон-Даун”
  • Spanish: “Porton Down”
  • Swedish: “Porton Down”

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