Bowerhill is an electoral ward on the southern edge of Melksham in Wiltshire, occupying a mix of residential streets and pockets of open green space just outside the town centre. It sits close to transport corridors such as the A350 and the nearby Kennet and Avon Canal, which together give residents reasonable commuting links to larger towns and cities in the region.
The ward has a distinctly mixed character: modern housing estates sit alongside an established industrial and business area laid out on the site of the former RAF Melksham, so there’s a visible layer of 20th‑century history in local buildings and street patterns. Local life tends to revolve around community facilities, small employers and people who commute to nearby centres such as Bath, Chippenham and Trowbridge, giving the area both a village feel and a practical, working landscape.
Postcode districts covering Bowerhill
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 22.2 miles
- Swindon 19.6 miles
- Bath 11.1 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 18.4 miles
- Salisbury 24.2 miles
- Trowbridge 5.3 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 16.7 miles
- Chippenham 6.2 miles
- Yate 18.2 miles
- Frome 16.1 miles
- Melksham 1.1 miles
- Melksham Without 1 mile
Neighbouring places
- Melksham East Ward 0.6 miles
- Melksham Without Parish 1 mile
- Melksham Forest Ward 1.1 miles
- Melksham Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Melksham South Ward 1.2 miles
- Bowerhill Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Seend Cleeve Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Seend Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Melksham Without North & Shurnhold Ward 1.9 miles
- Sells Green Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Beanacre Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Melksham Without West & Rural Ward 2.6 miles
Example postcodes in Bowerhill
SN12 6QY, SN12 6XZ, SN12 6WS, SN12 6XD, SN12 6QF, SN12 6TF, SN12 6SU, SN12 6TY, SN12 6XT … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 26.3 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 42.4 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 1.7 miles
- Trowbridge Railway Station 5.7 miles
Hotels near Bowerhill Ad
- The Kings Arms Hotel 3 1.3 miles
- Beechfield House 4 2 miles
- The George & Dragon 4 3.4 miles
- The Bear Hotel 3 5 miles
- Castle Hotel 3 5.1 miles
- Sign of the Angel 3.3 miles
- The White Hart 3.9 miles
- Bowood Hotel, Spa, and Golf Resort 4 4.6 miles
- The Tollgate Inn 4 4.3 miles
- The Methuen Arms 5 5.4 miles
Local points of interest
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 4.4 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 5.9 miles
- Hartham Country house 6.8 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 10.8 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 11 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 11 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 11.1 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 11.3 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 11.8 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 11.9 miles
- Twerton Park Stadium 12.4 miles
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 13.4 miles