Coordinates: 51°29′41″N 2°13′11″W / 51.49463°N 2.21971°W / 51.49463; -2.21971 Castle Combe The main street, with the Market Cross in the distance Castle Combe  Castle Combe shown within Wiltshire OS grid reference ST848773 Shire county Wiltshire Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Police Wiltshire Fire Wiltshire Ambulance Great Western EU Parliament South West England List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire

Castle Combe is a small village in Wiltshire, England, with a population of about 350. It is renowned for its attractiveness and tranquillity, and for fine buildings including the medieval church. The 14th century market cross, erected when the privilege to hold a weekly market in Castle Combe was granted, is situated where the three principal streets converge. Some small stone steps near the cross were for horse riders to mount and dismount and close by are the remains of the buttercross. The village has twice played host to the Combe Sunday event, a music extravaganza which attracted 4,000 visitors to the village in 2006.

The 4-star Manor House Hotel in the village was built in the 14th century. It has 48 rooms and 365 acres (1.5 km2) of gardens. The village prospered during the fifteenth century, when it belonged to Millicent, the wife of Sir Stehen Scrope and then of Sir John Fastolf (1380–1459), a Norfolk knight who was the effective lord of the manor for fifty years. He promoted the woollen industry, supplying his own troops and others for Henry V's war in France.

Castle Combe is the home of a motor racing venue, Castle Combe Circuit, located on the disused RAF Castle Combe airfield. It was also used as a location for the film musical Doctor Dolittle. Raymond Austin, director/writer, set the action of his book, Find Me A Spy, Catch me a Traitor in the village and at the Manor. Other productions include "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot, and the films Stardust and The Wolfman.citation needed Throughout September 2010, the village was used as a key filming location for Steven Spielberg's production of War Horse.

St. Andrew's church is the home of the Castle Combe Clock, one of the very few English medieval clocks still in use. The village is near the villages of Grittleton, Ford, Nettleton, Tiddleywink, and the town of Chippenham. Castle Combe is represented in parliament by James Gray and in Wiltshire Council by Jane Scott, both Conservatives. Gallery

The fourteenth century Market Cross The Manor House Hotel Looking up Water Street from the Brook St Andrews church References Stephen Cooper, The Real Falstaff, Sir John Fastolf and the Hundred Years War, (Pen & Sword, 2010) External links Castle Combe page on VisitWiltshire website Castle Combe photos and info from Outdoor Views Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Castle Combe

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