Church Micro 14660
Coulston
Church of St. Thomas à Becket
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The church is the only one in the village, holding events throughout the year for the small community; including a christmas bazaar and music events. The village no longer has a pub or a shop, so the church is always used for such events, when they occur.
The church was originally known as the church of St. Andrew, but was renamed upwards of 200 years ago.
The village is part of The BECIE Benefice, which comprises the parishes of Bratton, Edington & Imber, Coulston and Erlestoke which sit along Westbury Rd at the base of the hills housing salisbury plain.
The cache is placed along a narrow footpath that runs along the church yard. Next to the cache, you will see an abnormally tall kissing gate, along with a wire fence the same hight. This is in place because the land further along the path is home to Coulston Deer park. The park is publicly acessable, it is not very big but is definatly worth a look if you have a bit of free time on your hands after finding the cache.
A Geocache trail once passed through the park called Edington/Coulston Ring, I used to help maintain the caches in the trails later years before its demise. The deer park was always a highlight of the walk, you will always see many deer in the fields no matter the season. You will start to see deer after only a couple minutes walking up the path from the church, I cannot recommed a visit enough.
You are looking for a small clip lock container .
Accessibility
Unfortunatly, this cache is not wheelchair accessible. However you should have no trouble with pushchair access.
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