Hurst Copse
Hurst Copse is a forest in Swindon, England. Hurst Copse is situated nearby to the hamlet Lower Salthrop, as well as near Basset Down.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bincknoll Castle and Parish Church of St John and St Helen.
Bincknoll Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bincknoll Castle, or Bincknoll Camp, is the site of a possible Iron Age univallate hillfort in Wiltshire, England. The site lies on the end of a triangular promontory on the escarpment beneath the Ridgeway to the south.
Clout’s Wood
Deciduous forest
Photo: Garrytowns, Public domain.
Clout's Wood is an 11.78 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1951. The site is managed as a nature reserve by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wroughton and Royal Wootton Bassett.
Wroughton
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wroughton is a large village and civil parish in northeast Wiltshire, England. It is part of the Borough of Swindon and lies along the A4361 between Swindon and Avebury; the road into Swindon crosses the M4 motorway between junctions 15 and 16.
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.
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.
Hurst Copse
- Type: Forest
- Location: Swindon, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.5302° or 51° 31′ 49″ northLongitude
-1.8378° or 1° 50′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C3WG5J6+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 476663274OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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