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Thruxton is a small village in the north-west corner of Hampshire, England. Situated just off the A303, five miles west of Andover it is a picturesque village with a Manor House, thatched cottages, two public houses, a parish church and a village green (not forgetting the nearby race track and airfield). Click here for an ariel view of Thruxton. Pillhill Brook runs from Thruxton Down through the grounds of the Manor House and along the village street to Mullen's Pond, a natural habitat for many species of migratory birds and wild plants.

Thruxton was almost certainly one of four ‘Annes’ named in the Domesday Book under the Andover Hundred. In the 12th century the village name was Turkilleston (Turkil being a Saxon name and ‘tun’ being the Saxon word for farmstead and later hamlet, or village - so Turkils or Thurcols Homestead ) which, over the centuries, changed via Thruckleston (16th century), Throxton (18th century) to its present form of Thruxton.

Parts of our village church of St Peter and St Paul's date from the thirteenth century and the church contain the tombs of three knights.

Thruxton has two village pubs; the White Horse, a fifteenth century thatched pub at Mullens Pond just south of the A303, and the George Inn, a coaching inn dating from the seventeenth century near the centre of the village.

Thruxton Race Track (Thruxton Circuit) is a major draw for visitors to the area and can claim to be Britain's fastest motor racing circuit. Currently the track plays host to a variety of high profile car and motorbike championships, including the British Superbikes, as well as truck racing. The circuit is located on the site of the former aircraft base; which also houses Thruxton Airfield (previously RAF Thruxton) which was first used on 22nd June 1942 by Blenheims. During 1942 & 1943 the airfield was used by many different RAF squadrons before the Americans arrived in 1944 with their P-47 Thunderbolts. Civilian flight training started at Thruxton in 1947 when the airfield was taken over by The Wiltshire School of Flying until 1967 at which point Western Air took on the mantle of training people to fly.