Winterbourne Bassett is a village

Village

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 and civil parish in the English

England

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 county of Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

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Local government

Although a civil parish Winterbourne Bassett does not have a parish council in its own right, it shares one with Broad Hinton

Broad Hinton

Broad Hinton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of The Weir. The village is about southwest of Swindon....

 - see Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett

Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett

Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett is a parish council area comprising the adjacent civil parishes of Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett, in the English county of Wiltshire.-Local government:...

. It also falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council

Wiltshire Council

Wiltshire Council is the unitary authority for most of the county of Wiltshire, in the West of England, the successor authority to Wiltshire County Council and to four districts—Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, and West Wiltshire—all of which had been created in 1973 and were...

 unitary authority

Unitary authority

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, which is responsible for all significant local government

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 functions.

Location

Position:

Nearby towns and cities: Marlborough, Swindon

Swindon

Swindon is a large town within the borough of Swindon and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, in South West England. It is midway between Bristol, west and Reading, east. London is east...

, Calne

Calne

Calne is a town in Wiltshire, southwestern England. It is situated at the northwestern extremity of the North Wessex Downs hill range, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....

, Devizes

Devizes

Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The town is about southeast of Chippenham and about east of Trowbridge.Devizes serves as a centre for banks, solicitors and shops, with a large open market place where a market is held once a week...

Nearby villages: Broad Hinton

Broad Hinton

Broad Hinton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of The Weir. The village is about southwest of Swindon....

, Berwick Bassett

Berwick Bassett

Berwick Bassett is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded a parish population of 56.-Local government:Berwick Basset is a civil parish with an elected parish council...

, Clyffe Pypard

Clyffe Pypard

Clyffe Pypard is a village and civil parish about south of Wootton Bassett in North Wiltshire.The parish includes the hamlet of Bushton.- History :...

, Winterbourne Monkton

Winterbourne Monkton

Winterbourne Monkton is a small village and former civil parish in Wiltshire, England, one mile north of the Avebury Stone Circle....

, Avebury

Avebury

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Sources

• Wiltshire County Council Website page on Winterbourne Bassett, retrieved 18:45 October 8, 2004 (UTC).
• Kennet District Council Website page on Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett Parish, retrieved 15:40 October 5, 2004 (UTC).
• Office for National Statistics (ONS) - List of English parishes, retrieved 14:00 October 3, 2004 (UTC).
• Map 'Explorer 157', published by the Ordnance Survey
  Ordnance Survey
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  , ISBN 0-319-21782-5, revised 1997.