Bowerchalke

#7465 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Bowerchalke is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 9 miles southwest of Salisbury. It is in the south of the county, about 1 mile from the boundary with Dorset and 2 miles from that with Hampshire. The parish includes the hamlets of Mead End, Misselfore and Woodminton. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°0'27"N, 1°58'56"W

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Bowerchalke – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wilton House, Old Wardour Castle, Fovant Badges, Vale of Wardour.

7.3 miNE
Stately home with a major art collection
Wilton House
187 min walk • Nestled in the lush Wiltshire countryside, Wilton House stands as an enduring testament to British architectural grandeur and aristocratic taste. This stately home, with its origins dating back to the 1540s, is not only a museum but also a living piece of history...
5 miNW
Historical place, Forts and castles, History museum
Old Wardour Castle, Tisbury
129 min walk • Wardour Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle at Wardour, on the boundaries of the civil parishes of Tisbury and Donhead St Andrew in the English county of Wiltshire, about 15 miles west of Salisbury.
3.2 miN
Memorial
Fovant Badges
82 min walk • The Fovant Badges are a set of regimental badges cut into a chalk hill, Fovant Down, near Fovant, in southwest Wiltshire, England. They are located between Salisbury and Shaftesbury on the A30 road in the Nadder valley; or approximately 1⁄2 mile southeast of Fovant.
5.2 miNW
Valley
Vale of Wardour, Tisbury
132 min walk • The Vale of Wardour encompasses the valley of the River Nadder in the county of Wiltshire, England.
5.3 miNE
Church
St Mary & St Lawrence's Church
134 min walk • The Church of St Mary & St Lawrence in the village of Stratford Tony, south Wiltshire, England, was built in the 13th century. It stands on the south bank of the River Ebble, accessed from the north down a lane, across the river and up a bank.
5.8 miSW
Park, Garden
Larmer Tree Gardens
149 min walk • The Larmer Tree Gardens near Tollard Royal in south Wiltshire, England, were created by landowner Augustus Pitt Rivers in 1880 as pleasure grounds for "public enlightenment and entertainment". They were the first private gardens opened for public enjoyment in the United Kingdom, and were free to enter.
5.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Win Green Down
145 min walk • Win Green Down at grid reference ST927209 in south-western Wiltshire, England is a 26.0 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1971.
4.2 miSW
Archaeological site
Cranborne Chase
107 min walk • Cranborne Chase is a chalk plateau in central southern England, straddling the counties Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire. The plateau is part of the English Chalk Formation and is adjacent to Salisbury Plain and the West Wiltshire Downs in the north, and the Dorset Downs to the south west.
7.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Fonthill Lake
183 min walk • Fonthill Lake is a lake in southwest Wiltshire, England. It lies just to the south of the village of Fonthill Bishop, east of the village of Fonthill Gifford, and northeast of Fonthill Abbey.
5.4 miN
Museum, History museum
Philipps House
137 min walk • Philipps House is an early nineteenth-century Neo-Grecian country house at Dinton, overlooking the Nadder valley about 8 miles west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
6.4 miNE
Sport, Sport venue
Salisbury Racecourse
163 min walk • Salisbury Racecourse is a flat racecourse in the United Kingdom featuring thoroughbred horse racing, 3 miles southwest of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Fifteen race meetings a year are held there between early May and mid-October.