- Dyrham
Dyrham is a village in
South Gloucestershire , England.Location and communications
Dyrham is at lat. 51° 29' north, long. 2° 22' west (gbmapping|ST37381757). It lies at an altitude of 100 metres above sea level. It is near the A46 trunk road, about convert|6.5|mi|km miles north of Bath and a little south of the
M4 motorway . TheCotswold Way long-distance footpath runs through the village.Administration
Dyrham is administered by the
civil parish of Dyrham & Hinton and by theunitary authority ofSouth Gloucestershire .Nearby features
At the edge of the village is
Dyrham Park , a spectacular mansion in convert|274|acre|km2|lk=on of parkland built by William Blathwayt in the late 17th century 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".also for bbc poduction 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.
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