Berwick St Leonard is a very small, quiet parish in southern Wiltshire, set among rolling chalk downland and lanes on the edge of the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs AONB. It lies in a rural patchwork of arable fields and pasture a short drive from the market town of Salisbury and the larger village of Tisbury, and its low density of houses gives it a remote, unspoilt character prized by walkers and naturalists.
Historically the community grew up around a small medieval church and a few farmsteads, and agriculture and estate activity have long been central to the local economy; there are no shops or facilities of its own, so social life and services are closely tied to neighbouring settlements. The parish’s quiet lanes, historic buildings and views across the downs make it typical of the tiny, conservation-minded communities found across rural Wiltshire.
Postcode districts covering Berwick St. Leonard
Most populated places nearby
- Bath 21.7 miles34.9 km
- Salisbury 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Trowbridge 15.4 miles24.7 km
- Chippenham 24.3 miles39.1 km
- Frome 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Melksham 18.4 miles29.6 km
- Melksham Without 18.5 miles29.7 km
- Devizes 17.8 miles28.6 km
- Ferndown 23 miles37.1 km
- Ferndown Town 23.4 miles37.6 km
- Warminster 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Calne 23.4 miles37.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Fonthill Bishop Parish 1 mile1.7 km
- Hindon Built-up area 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Chicklade Parish 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Fonthill Gifford Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Nadder Valley Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Chilmark Built-up area 3.1 miles5 km
- Tisbury Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
- West Tisbury Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Wylye Valley Ward 3.7 miles6 km
- East Knoyle Built-up area 3.7 miles6 km
- Brixton Deverill Parish 3.7 miles6 km
- Boyton Parish 3.7 miles6 km
Example postcodes in Berwick St. Leonard
SP3 5GN, SP3 5SN, SP3 5SX, SP3 5UA, SP3 5SY
Transport links
- Bournemouth Airport 25.5 miles41.1 km
- Bristol Airport 32.4 miles52.1 km
- Tisbury Railway Station 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Warminster Railway Station 7.4 miles11.9 km
Hotels near Berwick St. Leonard Ad
- Home Farm 4 6.3 miles10.2 km
- The Bishopstrow Hotel & Spa 4 6.3 miles10.1 km
- The Grosvenor Arms 4 8 miles12.9 km
- The Old Bell - Warminster 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Best Western Shaftesbury the Royal Chase Hotel 3 8 miles12.9 km
Local points of interest
- Fonthill Abbey Estate 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Wardour Castle Estate 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Longleat Country house 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Western Downs Hill 8.9 miles14.4 km
- Stourhead Estate 8.9 miles14.4 km
- Cranborne Chase Forest 10.2 miles16.3 km
- King Alfred's Tower Historic site 11 miles17.7 km
- Salisbury Racecourse Recreation 11.8 miles18.9 km
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 13.3 miles21.4 km
- Wincanton Racecourse Recreation 13.5 miles21.6 km
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 13.9 miles22.4 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 14.9 miles23.9 km