Firsdown is a small civil parish in Wiltshire, sitting on the edge of Salisbury Plain and within easy reach of the city of Salisbury. The area is typical chalk downland with pasture and arable fields, pockets of modern housing and the sense of openness that comes from neighbouring Plain countryside, where ancient features such as barrows and old ridgeways are part of the landscape.
It has a quiet, close-knit community with a parish council and local activities, while the local economy remains largely rural with agriculture and small businesses alongside residents who commute to nearby towns. The proximity of military training areas on the Plain and historic routes gives the parish a distinctive mix of traditional village life and easy access to urban services.
Postcode districts covering Firsdown
Most populated places nearby
- Southampton 18.7 miles
- Eastleigh 18.8 miles
- Eastleigh Town 18.3 miles
- Winchester 17.4 miles
- Salisbury 4.1 miles
- Christchurch 24.7 miles
- Andover 12.7 miles
- Totton 15.5 miles
- Totton and Eling 15.8 miles
- New Milton 24 miles
- Hythe and Dibden 21 miles
- Hythe and Dibden Purlieu 21.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Firsdown Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Gomeldon Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Winterbourne Gunner Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Pitton Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Winterbourne Dauntsey and Winterbourne Earls Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Pitton and Farley Parish 1.7 miles
- Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley Ward 1.8 miles
- Winterbourne Parish 2 miles
- Porton Built-up area 2 miles
- Idmiston Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Winterslow & Upper Bourne Valley Ward 2.5 miles
- Clarendon Park Parish 2.5 miles
Example postcodes in Firsdown
SP5 1SJ, SP5 1ST, SP5 1SW, SP5 1SF, SP5 1BL, SP4 6DR, SP5 1SQ, SP5 1SY, SP5 1SP … See all
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 18.8 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 22.8 miles
- Salisbury Station 4.4 miles
- Dean Railway Station 5.4 miles
- Salisbury Bus Station 3.9 miles
Hotels near Firsdown Ad
- The Riverside 4 4.6 miles
- The George Hotel, Amesbury, Wiltshire 5.7 miles
- The Merchant's House 4 3.9 miles
- Mercure Salisbury White Hart Hotel 4 4 miles
- The Old Mill 4 4.7 miles
- Legacy Rose and Crown Hotel 4 4.5 miles
- Best Western Red Lion Hotel 4 4 miles
- Holiday Inn Salisbury - Stonehenge 4 5.6 miles
- The Stones Hotel 4 3.5 miles
- The Greyhound on the Test Hotel 4 9.7 miles
Local points of interest
- Norman Court Estate 5 miles
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 5.7 miles
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 6.4 miles
- Salisbury Racecourse Recreation 6.8 miles
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 7.2 miles
- Ramridge House Estate 10.8 miles
- Embley House Estate 12.2 miles
- Broadlands Country house 12.5 miles
- Paultons Park Estate 13.7 miles
- Western Downs Hill 14.1 miles
- Castle Malwood Estate 14.5 miles
- Hursley Park Estate 14.6 miles