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 miles30.2 km
- Eastleigh 18.8 miles30.2 km
- Eastleigh Town 18.3 miles29.4 km
- Winchester 17.4 miles28.1 km
- Salisbury 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Christchurch 24.7 miles39.8 km
- Andover 12.7 miles20.5 km
- Totton 15.5 miles25 km
- Totton and Eling 15.8 miles25.5 km
- New Milton 24 miles38.6 km
- Hythe and Dibden 21 miles33.7 km
- Hythe and Dibden Purlieu 21.3 miles34.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Firsdown Built-up area 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Gomeldon Built-up area 1.3 miles2 km
- Winterbourne Gunner Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Pitton Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Winterbourne Dauntsey and Winterbourne Earls Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Pitton and Farley Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Winterbourne Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Porton Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- Idmiston Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Winterslow & Upper Bourne Valley Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Clarendon Park Parish 2.5 miles4 km
Example postcodes in Firsdown
SP4 6DR, SP4 6DT, SP5 1SJ, SP5 1SB, SP5 1BL, SP5 1SS, SP5 1SL, SP5 1SF, SP5 1SG … See all
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 18.8 miles30.3 km
- Bournemouth Airport 22.8 miles36.7 km
- Salisbury Station 4.4 miles7 km
- Dean Railway Station 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Salisbury Bus Station 3.9 miles6.3 km
Hotels near Firsdown Ad
- The Riverside 4 4.6 miles7.4 km
- The George Hotel, Amesbury, Wiltshire 5.7 miles9.2 km
- The Merchant's House 4 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Mercure Salisbury White Hart Hotel 4 4 miles6.5 km
- The Old Mill 4 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Milford Hall Hotel - Newly Refurbished 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Legacy Rose and Crown Hotel 4 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Best Western Red Lion Hotel 4 4 miles6.4 km
- Holiday Inn Salisbury - Stonehenge 4 5.6 miles8.9 km
- The Stones Hotel 4 3.5 miles5.7 km
Local points of interest
- Norman Court Estate 5 miles8 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Salisbury Racecourse Recreation 6.8 miles11 km
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 7.2 miles11.5 km
- Ramridge House Estate 10.8 miles17.4 km
- Embley House Estate 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Broadlands Country house 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Paultons Park Estate 13.7 miles22 km
- Western Downs Hill 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Castle Malwood Estate 14.5 miles23.4 km
- Hursley Park Estate 14.6 miles23.4 km