Winterbourne Monkton


Winterbourne Monkton is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about north of Avebury Stone Circle and northwest of Marlborough.
The eastern boundary of the parish is the ancient trackway known as The Ridgeway.

Local government

Winterbourne Monkton elects a joint parish council with the adjacent parish of Berwick Bassett. It falls within the area of the Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of St Mary Magdalen is Grade II listed. The church has 12th-century origins but was rebuilt in 1878 by William Butterfield.

Amenities

A National School was built in 1847 and educated children of all ages until 1949. It became a Church of England primary school which closed in 1971; local children go to Broad Hinton or Lockeridge.
The village pub, the New Inn, closed in 2012. In 2018, the pub reopened under the same name, and also has an attached B&B, named Elderbrook House.