Boyton, Wiltshire

Boyton
Boyton Manor, c. 1910, briefly the country house of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
Boyton is located in Wiltshire
Boyton
Boyton
Location within Wiltshire
Population241 (in 2021)[1]
OS grid referenceST952396
Civil parish
  • Boyton
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWarminster
Postcode districtBA12
Dialling code01985
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
WebsiteParish Council
List of places
UK
England
Wiltshire
51°09′22″N 2°04′12″W / 51.156°N 2.070°W / 51.156; -2.070

Boyton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It lies in the Wylye Valley within Salisbury Plain, about 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Warminster and 13 miles (21 km) north-west of Salisbury. The parish includes the village of Corton.

The A36 Salisbury-Warminster road passes 0.6 miles (1 km) north of the villages. The parish is on the right (south) bank of the Wylye, opposite Upton Lovell (near Corton) and Codford St Peter (near Boyton). Its area extends south-west to the higher ground of Corton Down, Boyton Down and Rowdean Hill. In the far south is the Great Ridge Wood, which lies mostly within Boyton and covers about a quarter of the parish.

  1. ^ "Boyton (parish): population statistics, 2021 Census". CityPopulation.de. Retrieved 5 August 2024.