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Winterbourne Bassett

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OS grid reference
  
SU102749

Region
  
South West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Tuesday 3:38 PM

Ceremonial county
  
Wiltshire

Unitary authority
  
Wiltshire Council

Civil parish
  
Winterbourne Bassett

Country
  
England

Post town
  
Swindon

Dialling code
  
01793

UK parliament constituency
  
Devizes

Population
  
159 (in 2011)

Winterbourne Bassett

Weather
  
13°C, Wind N at 19 km/h, 68% Humidity

Winterbourne Bassett is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Swindon and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Marlborough.

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Map of Winterbourne Bassett, Swindon, UK

Local government

Winterbourne Bassett elects a joint parish council with the larger adjacent parish of Broad Hinton - see Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett. It falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.

Amenities

The 14th-century Church of England parish church of St Katherine and St Peter is Grade I listed.

A Methodist chapel was built in 1904 and sold in 1960.

There was a small school in the village from 1875 to 1966; primary school children now go to Broad Hinton.

The village has a public house and restaurant called The White Horse.

References

Winterbourne Bassett Wikipedia