Towns & cities · South East England
Sherston
Sherston — village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Sherston is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 1,418 people. Address: SN16. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.5727°, -2.2121°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Sherston is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) west of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England. The parish is bounded to the north by the county boundary with Gloucestershire, and to the southeast by the Fosse Way, a Roman road. The parish includes the hamlets of Easton Town, immediately east of Sherston; Pinkney, further east along the Malmesbury road; and Willesley, to the north. The infant River Avon passes Sherston, Easton Town and Pinkney, on its way to Malmesbury. The parish lies within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Background
History
The Fosse Way, a major Roman road, passes nearby and forms the southeastern boundary of the modern parish. A Romano-British farmhouse from around 350 was discovered at Vancelettes Farm, north of Sherston village. The earliest surviving record of Sherston, then called Scorranstone, is an Anglo-Saxon document of 896. The parish church was built or rebuilt in the 12th century, and at some point a borough was laid out south of the church, with a broad market place where a weekly market was held from 1241 or earlier. Most of Sherston village was designated as a Conservation Area in 1973. Sherston Software, makers of educational games, was established in 1984 and continued in business in the…
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- Coordinates
- 51.5727, -2.2121
- District
- Wiltshire
- Parish
- Sherston
- Postcode
- SN16
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Cotswolds
- Population
- 1,418
- Official site
- www.sherston.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1221534 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Sherston, Wiltshire (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Sherston.wiltshire.arp.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sherston?
- Sherston is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SN16), in the parish of Sherston.
- Is Sherston a protected site?
- Yes — Sherston is part of the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Sherston free to visit?
- Yes, Sherston is free to enter.
- How do I get to Sherston?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SN16. It sits within the South Cotswolds parliamentary constituency.