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Delve into Compton Bassett
Compton Bassett in Wiltshire (England) is located in United Kingdom about 79 mi (or 126 km) west of London, the country's capital town.
Current time in Compton Bassett is now 12:16 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 9 airports close to Compton Bassett, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is RAF Lyneham in a distance of 4 mi (or 7 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is City of Bath in a distance of 14 mi (or 23 km), East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Bremhill, Avebury, Lydiard Tregoze, Woodborough and Purton. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 50 °F
Morning Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
Evening Temperature | 8°C / 47 °F |
Night Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 2% |
Air Humidity | 88% |
Air Pressure | 984 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 16 km/h (10 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 30th of March 2024
12°C (53 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Few clouds, moderate breeze.
Sunday, 31st of March 2024
12°C (53 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 1st of April 2024
9°C (48 °F)
6°C (42 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Duke Hotel
THE WILTSHIRE HOTEL
Videos from this area
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The Chaos Brothers Christmas Show 2014
The Chaos Brothers Christmas Show at the Wheatsheaf Calne Friday 19th December 2014. The First few songs are missing off this recording but the set list was as follows. FIRST TIME JANIE JONES...
Driving Lessons Calne Devizes
Driving lessons for Calne, Devizes, Chippenham and surrounding areas. First in a series of short to the point driving lesson videos promoting better driving.
Calne Motorcycle Meet 2010 - Part 2
The Rotary Club of Calne's (calne) Motorcycle Meet 10th anniversary Saturday - 24th July 2010 Web: http://www.calnemotorcyclemeet.co.uk Part 2 of 2 Full High Def Recorded on Panasonic...
paintballing with friends practice makes perfect
attacking the enemy team as they hide in the base, almost got clipped by a ball but it broke on the tree behind me ...... thank god!
Bowood Bike Course
An overview of Bowood Triathlon and Duathlon bike circuit. All cattle grids and speed bumps will be adequately covered so they do not cause hindrance with your race.
Is this a burglary or not???
Apparently this isnt stealing and she hasnt just been caught on camera robbing from my sons spongebob money box in calne, wiltshire.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Compton Bassett
Compton Bassett is a village in Wiltshire between Calne and Cherhill with a population of approximately 250. It is a largely rural village with several farms, a church, a pub.
Calstone and Cherhill Downs
Calstone and Cherhill Downs is a 128.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1971, including downland at Calstone Wellington and Cherhill.
Quemerford
Quemerford is a suburb of the town of Calne in the county of Wiltshire, South West England, UK.
RAF Compton Bassett
RAF Compton Basset was an RAF base situated near Calne in Wiltshire, England. First opened as an RAF base in World War I, like RAF Yatesbury it continued operations in the interwar years before again taking on a major role in World War II. During the Second World War, RAF Yatesbury and RAF Compton Bassett were major Radio and Radar Training Schools, RAF Townsend a satellite landing ground and RAF Cherhill was 27 Group Headquarters Technical Training Command.
Cherhill White Horse
The Cherhill White Horse is a hill figure on Cherhill Down, 3.5 miles east of Calne in Wiltshire, England. Dating from the late 18th century, it is the third oldest of several such white horses in Great Britain, with only the Uffington White Horse and the Westbury White Horse being older. The figure is also sometimes called the Oldbury White Horse.
Lansdowne Monument
The Lansdowne Monument, also known as Cherhill Monument, near Cherhill in Wiltshire is a 38 metre (125 foot) stone obelisk erected by Third Marquis of Lansdowne to the designs of Sir Charles Barry to commemorate his ancestor, Sir William Petty in 1845. The monument was restored by the National Trust in 1990, but the base of the monument is now inaccessible due to the erection of nets to catch stonework dislodged by the recent cold winters.