Clyffe Pypard is a village and civil parish about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Wootton Bassett in North Wiltshire.[1]
The parish includes the hamlet of Bushton.
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The ancient name of White Cleeve (or "Clive" in the Domesday Book) refers to the chalk escarpment that traverses the parish.[2]. RAF Clyffe Pypard was an airfield built during the Second World War.[3] The land has now been returned to farming.
The Latin phrase at the Goddard Arms Pub Cervus non Servus means the stag is not a slave was the motto of the Goddard family who owned the manor for many years.