Weather Balloon Launch Site
Weather Balloon Launch Site is a building in Durrington, Wiltshire, England. Weather Balloon Launch Site is situated nearby to Garrison Church of St Alban, as well as near the forest Alton Penning.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stonehenge and Durrington Walls.
Stonehenge
Photo: Oni Lukos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age stone monument in a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. The WHS is quite large and contains many other structures from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
Durrington Walls
Archaeological site
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Durrington Walls is the site of a large Neolithic settlement and later henge enclosure located in the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in England. It lies 2 miles north-east of Stonehenge in the parish of Durrington, just north of Amesbury in Wiltshire. Durrington Walls is situated 1 mile southeast of Weather Balloon Launch Site.
Woodhenge
Photo: Adrian Farwell, CC BY 3.0.
Woodhenge is a Neolithic Class II henge and timber circle monument within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in Wiltshire, England. It is 2 miles northeast of Stonehenge, in Durrington parish, just north of the town of Amesbury. Woodhenge is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Weather Balloon Launch Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Larkhill and Durrington.
Larkhill
Village
Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Larkhill is a garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England. It lies about 1+3⁄4 miles west of the centre of Durrington village and 1+1⁄2 mi north of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge.
Durrington
Village
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Durrington is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village lies about 2 miles north of the town of Amesbury, 10 miles north-northeast of the city of Salisbury, and 2+1⁄2 miles northeast of the Stonehenge monument.
Cursus Barrows
Locality
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cursus Barrows is the name given to a Neolithic and Bronze Age round barrow cemetery lying mostly south of the western end of the Stonehenge Cursus, in Wiltshire, England. Cursus Barrows is situated 1½ miles southwest of Weather Balloon Launch Site.
Weather Balloon Launch Site
- Type: Building
- Location: Durrington, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.20247° or 51° 12′ 9″ northLongitude
-1.80629° or 1° 48′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C3W652V+XFOpenStreetMap ID
way 952067541OpenStreetMap feature
building=service
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Garrison Church of St Alban and Alton Penning.
Nearby Places
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