Priory Vale is a mainly residential ward on the northern edge of Swindon, created as part of the town’s late 20th– and early 21st‑century expansion. It comprises newer neighbourhoods such as Abbey Meads and other housing estates, and is characterised by modern family homes, primary schools, local shops and community facilities set among pocket parks and play areas.
The area’s name hints at the local monastic past and it sits close to historic green spaces such as Lydiard Park. Good road links to the M4 and easy access into Swindon make it popular with commuters, while day‑to‑day social life is centred on community centres, sports pitches and cycle routes that knit the new development into the surrounding countryside.
Postcode districts covering Priory Vale
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 2.2 miles
- Gloucester 24.8 miles
- Cheltenham 23.5 miles
- Stroud 20.1 miles
- Trowbridge 25 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 23.8 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 24.7 miles
- Chippenham 15.9 miles
- Didcot 24.6 miles
- Witney 19.3 miles
- Melksham 20.2 miles
- Melksham Without 20.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Haydon Wick Parish 0.5 miles
- St. Andrews Parish 1.2 miles
- Rodbourne Cheney Ward 1.5 miles
- Broad Blunsdon Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Blunsdon St. Andrew Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Central Swindon North Parish 1.8 miles
- Shaw Ward 1.8 miles
- Blunsdon Parish 2.1 miles
- Swindon Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Penhill and Upper Stratton Ward 2.2 miles
- West Swindon Parish 2.3 miles
- Gorse Hill and Pinehurst Ward 2.3 miles
Example postcodes in Priory Vale
SN2 2RS, SN25 2JG, SN25 1QU, SN25 1WP, SN25 1TY, SN25 2JU, SN25 1UY, SN25 1SY, SN25 1XG … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 41.3 miles
- Southampton Airport 48.8 miles
- Swindon Railway Station 2.5 miles
- Kemble Railway Station 10.3 miles
Hotels near Priory Vale Ad
- Leonardo Hotel Swindon 4 2.8 miles
- The Tawny Owl 4 0.2 miles
- The Bolingbroke Hotel 3 3.5 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Swindon West 3 3.6 miles
- Swindon Blunsdon House Hotel, BW Premier Collection 4 1.9 miles
- ibis budget Swindon 2.5 2.6 miles
- Village Hotel Swindon 3 2.4 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Swindon City Centre 3 2.6 miles
- The Churchill 3 4.2 miles
- Premier Inn Swindon North 3 1.8 miles
Schools in Priory Vale
- Oakhurst Community Primary School Primary
- Orchid Vale Primary School Primary
- St Francis C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- County Ground Stadium 3 miles
- Burderop Wood Forest 5.2 miles
- Burderop Park Estate 5.9 miles
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 11.1 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 11.5 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 12.5 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 15.3 miles
- Stowell Park Estate 15.5 miles
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 15.7 miles
- Savernake Forest Forest 15.7 miles
- Cotswold Hills Hill 16 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 17.5 miles