Firsdown

Worth seeing in and around Firsdown

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Porton Down

   Porton Down is a science and defence technology campus in Wiltshire, England, just north-east of the village of Porton, near Salisbury. It is home to two British government facilities: a site of the Ministry of Defence's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory – known for over 100 years as one of the UK's most secretive and controversial military research facilities, occupying 7,000 acres – and a site of the UK Health Security Agency.

   3.9 km · UK government military science park in Wiltshire, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Roche Court Sculpture Park and Gallery

   Roche Court Sculpture Park and Gallery, also known as New Art Centre, Roche Court Sculpture Park, is a contemporary art gallery and sculpture park on the grounds of Roche Court, an early 19th-century country house in East Winterslow, Wiltshire, England. It was founded in 1958 by Madeleine Besborough as New Art Centre, a contemporary art gallery at 41, Sloane Street, London.

   3.9 km · sculpture park and gallery in Winterslow, Wiltshire, UK, formerly a gallery in London · Wikipedia

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Getting to Firsdown

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Bristol (BRS), 78 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 96 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 106 km

• London → Firsdown

  120 km · quickest by road, 2h 41m · £12–16
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• Bristol → Firsdown

  72 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £8–11
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• Cardiff → Firsdown

  110 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £14–19
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