The Firs
The Firs is a forest in Purton, Wiltshire, England. The Firs is situated nearby to the hamlet Lydiard Plain, as well as near Queen Street.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ringsbury Camp and Royal Wootton Bassett Academy.
Ringsbury Camp
Archaeological site
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ringsbury Camp is an Iron Age hill fort, thought to date from approximately the year 50BC, in the civil parish of Purton in Wiltshire, England. The site is a scheduled monument.
Royal Wootton Bassett Academy
School
Royal Wootton Bassett Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form in the town of Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England, for students aged 11 to 18. With over 1,700 pupils, it is one of the largest in Wiltshire.
Bradon Forest School
School
Bradon Forest School is a mixed secondary school in Purton in Wiltshire, England. In September 2015 the school converted to academy status and is now part of the Athelstan Academy Trust, which also includes Malmesbury School in Malmesbury, The Dean Academy in Lydney, Sir William Romney's School, Tetbury and Chipping Sodbury School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Royal Wootton Bassett and Purton.
Royal Wootton Bassett
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Wootton Bassett is a small town in Wiltshire, England, not far from Swindon. It was founded in 681 as Wodeton, and gained the 'Royal' moniker in 2011 in recognition of the town's role in respectfully welcoming back deceased British troops from overseas.
Purton
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purton is a large village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles northwest of the centre of Swindon. The parish includes the village of Purton Stoke and the hamlets of Bentham, Hayes Knoll, Purton Common, Restrop, The Fox and Widham.
Brinkworth
Village
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brinkworth is a village and civil parish in northern Wiltshire, England. The village lies between Royal Wootton Bassett and Malmesbury, about 1 mile north of the M4 motorway and 9 miles west of Swindon.
The Firs
- Type: Forest
- Location: Purton, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.5778° or 51° 34′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.9328° or 1° 55′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C3WH3H8+4VOpenStreetMap ID
way 39798847OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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