Winterbourne Bassett


Winterbourne Bassett is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about southwest of Swindon and northwest of Marlborough.

Local government

Winterbourne Bassett elects a joint parish council with the larger adjacent parish of Broad Hinton - see Broad Hinton and Winterbourne Bassett. It falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.

Amenities

The 14th-century Church of England parish church of St Katherine and St Peter is Grade I listed.
A Methodist chapel was built in 1904 and sold in 1960.
There was a small school in the village from 1875 to 1966; primary school children now go to Broad Hinton.
The village has a public house and restaurant called The Winterbourne, owned by a community benefit society.