Perham Down

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

|country = England

|static_image= Perham Down (geograph 2841781).jpg

|static_image_caption= Poppies Daycare Nursery in Perham Down

|coordinates = {{coord|51.239|-1.632|type:city(500)_region:GB-WIL|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= Perham Down

|civil_parish= Tidworth

|unitary_england = Wiltshire

|lieutenancy_england = Wiltshire

|region= South West England

|constituency_westminster = East Wiltshire

|post_town= Andover

|postcode_district = SP11

|postcode_area= SP

|dial_code= 01980

|os_grid_reference= SU258489

}}

Perham Down is a village in Wiltshire, England, in Tidworth parish on the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain. It lies on a minor road about {{Convert|1+1/2|mi|km}} east of the town of Tidworth and {{Convert|1+1/4|mi|km|abbr=}} southwest of the town of Ludgershall. The county border with Hampshire is nearby and the nearest large town is Andover, Hampshire, about {{Convert|7|mi|km|0|abbr=}} to the southeast.

The main feature of the village is Perham Down Camp which was rebuilt between 1972 and 1974 and renamed Swinton Barracks at that time.{{cite web|title=Tidworth|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Community/Index/223|website=Wiltshire Community History|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=22 May 2020}}{{cite web|title=Barracks|url=https://tidworthtowncouncil.gov.uk/about-tidworth/barracks/|last=|first=|date=|website=Tidworth Town Council|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=22 May 2020}}{{cite web|title=Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 15 pp153-163 – Parishes: North Tidworth|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol15/pp153-163|author-last1=Baggs|author-first1=A.P.|year=1995|editor-last=Crowley|editor-first=D.A.|website=British History Online|publisher=University of London|access-date=22 May 2020|author-first2=Jane|author-last2=Freeman|author-first3=Janet H|author-last3=Stevenson}}

On Lamb Down to the south of the village is a linear earthwork, possibly a prehistoric boundary marker; it may have extended further north but that section would have been destroyed when the barracks were built.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1009833|desc=Boundary earthwork on Lamb Down|access-date=22 May 2020}}

For elections to Wiltshire Council, Perham Down falls within Ludgershall and Perham Down electoral division, electing one councillor.{{Cite web|title=Election Maps|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/|last=|first=|date=|website=Ordnance Survey|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=22 May 2020}} Boundary changes in 2020, effective from the 2021 election, place Perham within the Tidworth East & Ludgershall South division.{{Cite web|title=Parish warding arrangements for Tidworth|url=https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/Reviews/South%20West/Wiltshire/Wiltshire/Final%20recs/Tidworth.pdf|last=|first=|date=September 2019|website=Local Government Boundary Commission for England|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|title=The Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2020|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/306/contents/made/data.htm|last=|first=|date=17 March 2020|website=legislation.gov.uk|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-22}}