Potterne

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Potterne
Church of St. Mary the Virgin (built in 13th century)
Potterne shown within Wiltshire
Population	1570 (as of 2001)
OS grid reference	ST9958
Shire county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DEVIZES
Postcode district	SN10
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Wiltshire
Ambulance	Great Western
European Parliament	South West England
List of places: UK • England • Wiltshire

Coordinates: 51°20′N 2°01′W / 51.33, -2.01

Potterne is a village in the English county of Wiltshire. In the census of 2001, the village had a population of 1,570. Potterne is located slightly to the south of Devizes, and lies on the A360, which passes from Devizes to Salisbury. Potterne is the second most populated village in Wiltshire second to Market Lavington which has a population of over 2000, according to the census of 2001.

The civil parish of Potterne includes the hamlet of Potterne Wick.

The village is home to a successful cricket club, founded as part of the village sports team in 1936. Currently the team plays in the Wiltshire Cricket League, and also boasts a successful youth set-up.

The village used to have 3 pubs, but now only has 'The George & Dragon', it also contains a post office, village hall, village, shop, church, deer farm, youth club, 'Bright Sparks Community Preschool', the key Stage 1 half of 'Five Lanes Primary School' (the key stage 2 half is located in Worton - a nearby village) and there is also 'The Mill School'. There is also a playing field and a park. Many of the residents of Potterne are part of the 'Potterne Panto Group' which present pantomines nearly every February - the Panto for Feb 2008 was 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. Recently, the village has held a christmas market in December, which has attracted many visitors.

Potterne is know as 'The Place of Springs' (this used to be the old primary school's (Potterne CEVC Primary School) slogan and its logo was a spring.), since there are many springs all aoround the village.