Dyrham is a village in South Gloucestershire, England.
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Location and communications
Dyrham is at lat. 51° 29' north, long. 2° 22' west (grid reference ST37381757). It lies at an altitude of 100 metres above sea level. It is near the A46 trunk road, about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north of Bath and a little south of the M4 motorway. The Cotswold Way long-distance footpath runs through the village.
Administration
Dyrham is administered by the civil parish of Dyrham & Hinton and by the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire.
Nearby features
At the edge of the village is Dyrham Park, a spectacular mansion in 274 acres (1.11 km2) of parkland built between 1691 and 1702 for William Blathwayt (William III's Secretary of State and at War)[1] and now owned by the National Trust.
A woodland named Dyrham Wood lies about a mile to the south of the village.
Associations
Dyrham Park was used as the set for the 1993 Merchant Ivory film The Remains of the Day and also for a BBC production of dracula
Dyrham is thought to have been the site of the important Battle of Deorham in 577 AD.
Lower Ledge Farm, south of the village, is where the new Farbio GTS sports car will be made.
References
Coordinates: 51°28′46″N 2°22′49″W / 51.47944°N 2.38028°W
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