Towns & cities · South East England
Lyneham
Lyneham — village in Wiltshire, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Lyneham is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 6,192 people. Address: SN15. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Wiltshire, UK". Coordinates: 51.5170°, -1.9670°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Wessex Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Lyneham is a large village in north Wiltshire, England, within the civil parish of Lyneham and Bradenstoke, and situated 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Royal Wootton Bassett, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north of Calne and 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Swindon. The village is on the A3102 road between Calne and Wootton Bassett. The part of Lyneham village close to the parish church is known as Church End. The civil parish includes the village of Bradenstoke and the hamlets of Preston and The Banks.
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Background
History
In 1086, Domesday Book recorded 42 households at Stoche in the northwest of the modern parish. Earthworks in this area known as Clack Mount, including a mound 20 metres in diameter, could be from a Norman motte-and-bailey castle, although the early history is uncertain. Bradenstoke Priory was founded nearby in 1142, possibly on the site of an earlier chapel. The hamlet on both sides of the road leading to the priory was called Clack from the 14th century, as shown on Andrews' and Dury's map of 1773; Lyneham, about a mile east of Bradenstoke, was first mentioned in 1224. Preston hamlet, about a mile southeast of Lyneham, has two farmhouses from the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1940, much…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5170, -1.9670
- District
- Wiltshire
- Parish
- Lyneham and Bradenstoke
- Postcode
- SN15
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chippenham
- Population
- 6,192
- Official site
- www.lynehamandbradenstokeparishcouncil.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1215790 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Lyneham, Wiltshire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Lyneham - Snowdrops.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lyneham?
- Lyneham is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SN15), in the parish of Lyneham and Bradenstoke.
- Is Lyneham a protected site?
- Yes — Lyneham is part of the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB) and the North Wessex Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Lyneham free to visit?
- Yes, Lyneham is free to enter.
- How do I get to Lyneham?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SN15. It sits within the Chippenham parliamentary constituency.