Winterbourne Bassett | |
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Farmland near Hackpen White Horse |
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Winterbourne Bassett shown within Wiltshire | |
Population | 159 (in 2011) |
OS grid reference | SU102749 |
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Unitary authority | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Swindon |
Postcode district | SN4 |
Dialling code | 01793 |
Police | Wiltshire |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
EU Parliament | South West England |
UK Parliament | |
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.
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.
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.