Top Wood
Top Wood is a forest in Stourton with Gasper, Wiltshire, England. Top Wood is situated nearby to the locality Writh Copse, as well as near the hamlet Gasper.Places of Interest
Highlights include Stourhead and King Alfred’s Tower.
Stourhead
Photo: Jon Wornham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stourhead is a 1,072-hectare estate at the source of the River Stour in the southwest of the English county of Wiltshire, extending into Somerset. The estate is about 4 km northwest of the town of Mere and includes a Grade I listed 18th-century Neo-Palladian mansion, the village of Stourton, one of the most famous gardens in the English landscape garden style, farmland, and woodland.
King Alfred’s Tower
Photo: JürgenMatern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alfred's Tower is a folly in Somerset, England, on the edge of the border with Wiltshire, on the Stourhead estate. The tower stands on Kingsettle Hill and belongs to the National Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bourton and Mere.
Bourton
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bourton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated north of the A303 road on the border with Somerset and Wiltshire between Mere and Wincanton.
Mere
Town
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mere is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It lies at the extreme southwestern tip of Salisbury Plain, close to the borders of Somerset and Dorset.
Penselwood
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penselwood or Pen Selwood is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It lies 4 miles north east of Wincanton, 4 miles south east of Bruton, 4 miles west of Mere, and 5 miles north west of Gillingham.
Top Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Stourton with Gasper, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.1019° or 51° 6′ 7″ northLongitude
-2.3346° or 2° 20′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C3V4M28+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
way 83798336OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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In Other Languages
“Top Wood” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Верхняя роща”
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