Tidcombe | |
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![]() St Michael's, Tidcombe |
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Tidcombe shown within Wiltshire | |
OS grid reference | SU290583 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Marlborough |
Postcode district | SN8 |
Dialling code | 01264 |
Police | Wiltshire |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
EU Parliament | South West England |
UK Parliament | |
Tidcombe is a small village in Wiltshire, England, on the eastern edge of the county, near Hampshire. It is about 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Marlborough and 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Hungerford, Berkshire. With few inhabitants, it forms part of the civil parish of Tidcombe and Fosbury, which has a parish meeting.
There is evidence of a church in the mid 13th century. The Anglican Church of St Michael has a 17th-century tower and is Grade II* listed. Tidcombe manor house, from the mid to late 18th century, is also Grade II* listed.
On both sides of the parish boundary with Fosbury lies the Iron Age hill fort of Fosbury Camp.