Box, Wiltshire, England
E757448
Box, Wiltshire, England is a rural village and civil parish in southwest England, known for its historic stone quarries, Brunel’s Box Tunnel on the Great Western Railway, and its picturesque Cotswold countryside setting.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Box, Wiltshire | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil parish
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | civil parish ⓘ |
| closestCity | Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closestLargeTown | Chippenham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| dialCode | 01225 ⓘ |
| governedBy | Box Parish Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
primary school
ⓘ
village pubs ⓘ village shops ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
limestone geology
ⓘ
rural character ⓘ stone-built houses ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Box Church of St Thomas à Becket
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Box Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Box Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ Box railway station (former) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPostalArea | SN13 postcode district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligiousBuilding | Church of St Thomas à Becket NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
Box Tunnel east portal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Box Tunnel ventilation shafts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubsettlement |
Box Hill, Wiltshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rudloe (partly in parish) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTopography | valley and surrounding hills ⓘ |
| heritage |
Cotswold stone architecture
ⓘ
Victorian railway engineering ⓘ |
| historicalActivity |
stone quarrying
ⓘ
underground quarrying for Bath stone ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Box Tunnel on the Great Western Railway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cotswold countryside setting ⓘ historic Bath stone quarries ⓘ |
| landUse |
agricultural land
ⓘ
residential village centre ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cotswolds AONB region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
Wiltshire ⓘ |
| locatedNear | River Bybrook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Bath, Somerset
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Corsham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
ceremonial county of Wiltshire
ⓘ
unitary authority of Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
southwest England
ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
|
| timeZone | Europe/London ⓘ |
| transport | bus services to Bath and Chippenham ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
A4 road
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Western Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| withinParliamentaryConstituency | North Wiltshire (historically Chippenham area) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Box, Wiltshire
this entity surface form:
Box, Wiltshire