Country: | England |
Static Image: | Perham Down (geograph 2841781).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Poppies Daycare Nursery in Perham Down |
Coordinates: | 51.239°N -1.632°W |
Official Name: | Perham Down |
Civil Parish: | Tidworth |
Unitary England: | Wiltshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Wiltshire |
Region: | South West England |
Constituency Westminster: | East Wiltshire |
Post Town: | Andover |
Postcode District: | SP11 |
Postcode Area: | SP |
Dial Code: | 01980 |
Os Grid Reference: | SU258489 |
Perham Down is a village in Wiltshire, England, in Tidworth parish on the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain. It lies on a minor road about NaNmiles east of the town of Tidworth and NaNmiles southwest of the town of Ludgershall. The county border with Hampshire is nearby and the nearest large town is Andover, Hampshire, about 70NaN0 to the southeast.
The main feature of the village is Perham Down Camp which was rebuilt between 1972 and 1974 and renamed Swinton Barracks at that time.[1] [2] [3]
On Lamb Down to the south of the village is a linear earthwork, possibly a prehistoric boundary marker; it may have extended further north but that section would have been destroyed when the barracks were built.
For elections to Wiltshire Council, Perham Down falls within Ludgershall and Perham Down electoral division, electing one councillor.[4] Boundary changes in 2020, effective from the 2021 election, place Perham within the Tidworth East & Ludgershall South division.[5] [6]