Salisbury Plain Training Area
The Salisbury Plain Training Area is a large expanse of land on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, which is managed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: British military training ground
- Also known as: “Army Training Estate Salisbury Plain”, “Salisbury Plain”, and “SPTA”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tilshead and Coombe.
Tilshead
Village
Photo: Miss Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tilshead is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire in Southern England, about 9 miles northwest of the town of Amesbury. It is close to the geographical centre of Salisbury Plain, on the A360 road approximately midway between the villages of Shrewton and West Lavington and is near the source of the River Till. Tilshead is situated 3 miles southwest of Salisbury Plain Training Area.
Coombe
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Coombe is a hamlet of the civil parish of Enford, Wiltshire, England, about 13 miles north of the cathedral city of Salisbury. It lies on the River Avon between the larger villages of Enford and Netheravon, with nearly half of its houses on the road connecting the two and the remainder in Coombe Lane. Coombe is situated 4½ miles east of Salisbury Plain Training Area.
Charlton St Peter
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Charlton St Peter or just Charlton is a small village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in the English county of Wiltshire. The village lies about 4 miles south-west of Pewsey. Charlton St Peter is situated 4½ miles northeast of Salisbury Plain Training Area.
Salisbury Plain Training Area
- Category: military training area
- Location: Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.24896° or 51° 14′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.88938° or 1° 53′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C3W64X6+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 46567840OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=danger_areaWikidata ID
Q113334441
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In Other Languages
From German to Korean—“Salisbury Plain Training Area” goes by many names.
- German: “Army Training Estate Salisbury Plain”
- German: “Salisbury Plain Training Area”
- Korean: “솔즈베리 평원 훈련장”
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