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Wooton Bassett

Royal Wootton Bassett
Wootton Bassett, town hall - geograph.org.uk - 527639.jpg
Royal Wootton Bassett's former Town Hall, now the local museum
Royal Wootton Bassett is located in Wiltshire
Royal Wootton Bassett
Royal Wootton Bassett
Royal Wootton Bassett shown within Wiltshire
Population 11,385 (2011 census)
OS grid reference SU0682
Civil parish
  • Royal Wootton Bassett
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
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
Website Town Council
List of places
UK
England
Wiltshire
51°31′59″N 1°54′00″W / 51.533°N 1.900°W / 51.533; -1.900Coordinates: 51°31′59″N 1°54′00″W / 51.533°N 1.900°W / 51.533; -1.900

Royal Wootton Bassett/ˈrɔɪəl ˈwʊtən ˈbæsɪt/, formerly Wootton Bassett, is a small market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, with a population of 11,043 in 2001, increasing to 11,385 in 2011. Situated in the north of the county, it lies 6 miles (10 km) to the west of the major town of Swindon and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Calne.

From 1447 through 1832 Wootton Bassett was a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. In 1832 it was deemed a rotten borough and abolished by the Great Reform Act.

The town was granted royal patronage in March 2011 by Elizabeth II in recognition of its role in the early-21st-century military funeral repatriations, which passed through the town. This honour was officially conferred in a ceremony on 16 October 2011 – the first royal patronage to be conferred upon a town (as distinguished from a borough or county) since 1909.


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