Berwick Bassett is a very small, rural parish in Wiltshire, set on the chalk slopes of the Marlborough Downs close to the prehistoric landscape around Avebury. The settlement is a loose cluster of farms and a small medieval parish church, and the surrounding downland contains ancient barrows and species‑rich chalk grassland that speak to a long human history on the hills.
Today the parish is largely agricultural, dominated by arable and sheep farming, but its quiet lanes and public footpaths draw walkers and heritage visitors from nearby areas. With a tiny, dispersed community, local services are commonly shared with neighbouring parishes, and life here retains a distinctly rural, historically layered character.
Postcode districts covering Berwick Bassett
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 8.3 miles13.3 km
- Bath 22.5 miles36.2 km
- Andover 23.5 miles37.8 km
- Trowbridge 17.6 miles28.4 km
- Chipping Sodbury 23.4 miles37.6 km
- Chippenham 11.2 miles18.1 km
- Newbury 23.5 miles37.8 km
- Melksham 13.2 miles21.2 km
- Melksham Without 13 miles21 km
- Wantage 20.9 miles33.6 km
- Grove 21.3 miles34.3 km
- Devizes 9.2 miles14.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Winterbourne Monkton Parish 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Winterbourne Bassett Parish 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Broad Hinton Built-up area 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Avebury Parish 2.5 miles4 km
- Broad Town Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Marlborough West Ward 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Clyffe Pypard Parish 3.4 miles5.5 km
- East Kennett Parish 4 miles6.4 km
- Preshute Parish 4 miles6.4 km
- Compton Bassett Parish 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Cherhill Built-up area 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Hilmarton Parish 4.6 miles7.3 km
Example postcodes in Berwick Bassett
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 37.4 miles60.2 km
- Southampton Airport 41.4 miles66.6 km
- Swindon Railway Station 8 miles12.8 km
- Pewsey Railway Station 9 miles14.5 km
Hotels near Berwick Bassett Ad
- The Duke Hotel 4 5.1 miles8.1 km
- The Churchill 3 6 miles9.7 km
- Bowood Hotel, Spa, and Golf Resort 4 8.7 miles14 km
- Holiday Inn Express Swindon West 3 5.9 miles9.5 km
- The Bolingbroke Hotel 3 7.4 miles11.9 km
- Chiseldon House 3 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Schoolhouse Restaurant and Hotel 3 7.1 miles11.5 km
- Castle and Ball by Greene King Inns 3 6.1 miles9.9 km
- Leonardo Hotel Swindon 4 7.8 miles12.6 km
- Castle Hotel 3 9.3 miles15 km
Local points of interest
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Burderop Park Estate 5.6 miles9 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 6.9 miles11.2 km
- County Ground Stadium 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 9.3 miles14.9 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 9.3 miles15 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 10.2 miles16.5 km
- Wolf Hall Historic site 11.4 miles18.4 km
- Hartham Country house 14.8 miles23.8 km
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 18.1 miles29.2 km
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 18.8 miles30.3 km