Brokenborough is a small, quietly rural parish just north of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, tucked into rolling countryside near the southern edge of the Cotswolds. It has medieval roots and longstanding historic links with Malmesbury Abbey, and the landscape is dominated by farmland, hedgerows and a compact cluster of older, stone-built houses and a modest parish church.
Today the local economy remains largely agricultural, although many residents commute to larger centres such as Swindon, Bath and Bristol. Social life is small-scale and community focused, with occasional village events and interest from walkers and heritage visitors exploring the lanes and historic sites in and around the parish.
Postcode districts covering Brokenborough
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 22.7 miles36.6 km
- Swindon 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Gloucester 17.7 miles28.6 km
- Cheltenham 20.2 miles32.6 km
- Bath 18.5 miles29.8 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 18.8 miles30.2 km
- Stroud 10.6 miles17 km
- Trowbridge 19.6 miles31.5 km
- Chipping Sodbury 12.1 miles19.5 km
- Chippenham 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Yate 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Melksham 15.7 miles25.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Shipton Moyne Parish 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Malmesbury Built-up area 1.6 miles2.7 km
- Tetbury East & Rural Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Easton Grey Parish 2 miles3.3 km
- Long Newnton Parish 2.1 miles3.3 km
- St. Paul Malmesbury Without Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Tetbury Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Norton Parish 3 miles4.8 km
- Westonbirt Built-up area 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Tetbury Upton Parish 3.1 miles5 km
- Tetbury with Upton Ward 3.1 miles5 km
- Crudwell Built-up area 3.1 miles5.1 km
Example postcodes in Brokenborough
SN16 0QY, SN16 0HU, SN16 0RB, SN16 0RE, SN16 0JA, SN16 0QX, SN16 0HX, SN16 0JB, SN16 0RA … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 29.6 miles47.7 km
- Cardiff Airport 54.2 miles87.2 km
- Kemble Railway Station 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Chippenham Railway Station 9.7 miles15.5 km
Hotels near Brokenborough Ad
- Whatley Manor 5 1.5 miles2.5 km
- The Old Bell Hotel 4 1.7 miles2.7 km
- The Close Hotel 4 2.8 miles4.5 km
- The Hare & Hounds Hotel 4 3.2 miles5.1 km
- The Snooty Fox 3 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Pettifers Freehouse Hotel 3 3.4 miles5.4 km
- The Kings Arms Coaching Inn 3 1.8 miles3 km
- Stanton Manor Hotel 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Egypt Mill Hotel and Restaurant 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Wild Garlic Rooms 4 7.5 miles12.1 km
Local points of interest
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 4.4 miles7 km
- Cotswold Hills Hill 5.9 miles9.4 km
- The New Lawn Stadium 8.1 miles13 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 10.3 miles16.5 km
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 10.4 miles16.7 km
- Hartham Country house 11.1 miles17.8 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 12.3 miles19.8 km
- Dyrham Park Historic site 13.5 miles21.7 km
- County Ground Stadium 15.5 miles25 km
- Burderop Park Estate 16.6 miles26.7 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 16.8 miles27 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 16.9 miles27.2 km