Broad Town is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, set on the northern edge of the Marlborough Downs a few miles south‑west of Swindon and close to Royal Wootton Bassett. The landscape is classic chalk downland - rolling fields, scattered prehistoric barrows and lanes - which gives the village a distinctly rural, open feel despite reasonable road links to larger towns.
Local life centres on agriculture and a tight‑knit community with a village hall and regular events; there’s also a well‑known hill figure, the Broad Town white horse, cut into the downs in the 19th century. Many residents commute to nearby towns for work, while the parish retains a strong sense of history and countryside culture that attracts walkers and those seeking village life close to urban amenities.
Postcode districts covering Broad Town
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Bath 23 miles37 km
- Stroud 22.6 miles36.3 km
- Trowbridge 19 miles30.6 km
- Chipping Sodbury 22.4 miles36.1 km
- Chippenham 11.2 miles18 km
- Yate 24.1 miles38.7 km
- Newbury 24.6 miles39.5 km
- Melksham 14.3 miles23.1 km
- Melksham Without 14.2 miles22.8 km
- Wantage 20.2 miles32.6 km
- Grove 20.4 miles32.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Broad Hinton Built-up area 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Clyffe Pypard Parish 1.8 miles3 km
- Royal Wootton Bassett South & West Ward 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Winterbourne Bassett Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Lydiard Tregoze Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Berwick Bassett Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Wroughton and Wichelstowe Ward 3 miles4.9 km
- Royal Wootton Bassett Built-up area 3.1 miles5 km
- Royal Wootton Bassett East Ward 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Tockenham Parish 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Royal Wootton Bassett North Ward 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Winterbourne Monkton Parish 3.7 miles6 km
Example postcodes in Broad Town
SN4 7RN, SN4 7RR, SN4 7RD, SN4 7RE, SN4 7RQ, SN4 7RG, SN4 7RL, SN4 7RH, SN4 7RT … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 37.5 miles60.3 km
- Southampton Airport 44.1 miles71 km
- Swindon Railway Station 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Chippenham Railway Station 10.9 miles17.5 km
Hotels near Broad Town Ad
- The Churchill 3 3.1 miles5 km
- The Duke Hotel 4 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Holiday Inn Express Swindon West 3 3.1 miles5 km
- The Bolingbroke Hotel 3 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Schoolhouse Restaurant and Hotel 3 4.2 miles6.8 km
- The Angel Hotel 4 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Leonardo Hotel Swindon 4 5.6 miles9 km
- Doubletree by Hilton Swindon 4 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Chiseldon House 3 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Bowood Hotel, Spa, and Golf Resort 4 9.5 miles15.2 km
Schools in Broad Town
- Broad Town C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Burderop Park Estate 4.6 miles7.3 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 5.1 miles8.1 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 5.6 miles9 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 6 miles9.6 km
- County Ground Stadium 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 10 miles16.1 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 10.3 miles16.6 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 11.5 miles18.5 km
- Wolf Hall Historic site 13.7 miles22.1 km
- Hartham Country house 14.8 miles23.7 km
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 16.4 miles26.4 km
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 17 miles27.4 km