Box, Wiltshire, England

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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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Box, Wiltshire 3
Box, Wiltshire, England canonical 2
Box Hill, Wiltshire 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
village
administrativeStatus civil parish
closestCity Bath
closestLargeTown Chippenham
country England
dialCode 01225
governedBy Box Parish Council
hasAmenity primary school
village pubs
village shops
hasFeature limestone geology
rural character
stone-built houses
hasLandmark Box Church of St Thomas à Becket
Box Hill
Box Tunnel
Box railway station (former)
hasPostalArea SN13 postcode district
hasReligiousBuilding Church of St Thomas à Becket
hasStructure Box Tunnel east portal
Box Tunnel ventilation shafts
linked to: Box Tunnel
hasSubsettlement Box Hill, Wiltshire
Rudloe (partly in parish)
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
Cotswold countryside setting
historic Bath stone quarries
landUse agricultural land
residential village centre
locatedIn Cotswolds AONB region
South West England
linked to: southwest England

Wiltshire
locatedNear River Bybrook
near Bath, Somerset
linked to: Bath

Corsham
linked to: Corsham, Wiltshire
partOf ceremonial county of Wiltshire
unitary authority of Wiltshire
linked to: Wiltshire Council
region South West England
linked to: southwest England
timeZone Europe/London
transport bus services to Bath and Chippenham
traversedBy A4 road
Great Western Main Line
withinParliamentaryConstituency North Wiltshire (historically Chippenham area)

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Real World Records location Box, Wiltshire, England
Box Tunnel startPoint Box, Wiltshire
linked to: Box, Wiltshire, England
RAF Box locatedNear Box, Wiltshire
linked to: Box, Wiltshire, England
Box Ground quarries locatedIn Box, Wiltshire
linked to: Box, Wiltshire, England
Box, Wiltshire, England hasSubsettlement Box Hill, Wiltshire
linked to: Box, Wiltshire, England
Real World Studios locatedIn Box, Wiltshire, England