Box is a compact village in Wiltshire, sitting in the shallow valley of the Bybrook on the eastern edge of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a few miles north‑east of Bath. The local landscape is defined by limestone scarps and old quarries, with lanes climbing up to open chalk downland and good views across the surrounding countryside, so it attracts walkers and people who commute into Bath and Bristol.
Box has a strong industrial and architectural heritage: its famous limestone - often called Bath stone - was quarried locally for Georgian and Victorian building, and the parish is dominated by the engineering landmark of Box Tunnel, bored by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western line in the 19th century. Today the village remains a mix of residential community, small local businesses and historic buildings, with pubs, a medieval parish church and the visible scars of quarrying giving it a distinctive character.
Postcode districts covering Box
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 15.2 miles
- Swindon 22.8 miles
- Bath 5.3 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 11.3 miles
- Stroud 22.6 miles
- Trowbridge 6.8 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 10.1 miles
- Chippenham 6.6 miles
- Yate 11.4 miles
- Frome 15.7 miles
- Portishead 22.9 miles
- Nailsea 21.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Box & Colerne Ward 1.1 miles
- Rudloe Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Bathford Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Colerne Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Monkton Farleigh Parish 2.3 miles
- Neston Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Batheaston Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Corsham Pickwick Ward 2.7 miles
- Corsham Built-up area 2.9 miles
- South Wraxall Parish 2.9 miles
- Atworth Built-up area 3 miles
- St. Catherine Parish 3.2 miles
Example postcodes in Box
SN13 8NP, SN13 8NH, SN13 8DZ, SN13 8NW, SN13 8PA, SN13 8DY, SN13 8DN, SN13 8NS, SN13 8EP … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 20 miles
- Cardiff Airport 46.8 miles
- Bradford-on-Avon Railway Station 4.9 miles
- Bath Spa Railway Station 5 miles
Hotels in Box Ad
Schools in Box
- Box C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Hartham Country house 3.3 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 5 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 5 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 5.1 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 5.1 miles
- Twerton Park Stadium 6.5 miles
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 6.5 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 6.6 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 7.4 miles
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 8.1 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 11.1 miles
- Oldbury Court Estate Estate 12.7 miles