Buttermere is a small civil parish in Wiltshire, England, characterised by a quiet, rural landscape of rolling fields, hedgerows and dispersed farmsteads rather than a single bustling village centre. Its setting feels typically Wiltshire - open countryside that favours mixed arable and pastoral farming and offers a sense of seclusion from larger towns.
The parish has long agricultural and local roots, with historic farmhouses and field patterns that hint at a medieval and manorial past. Community life is low‑key and closely tied to the land: farming remains important economically, many people commute to nearby towns for work, and there is local interest in conserving heritage buildings and the surrounding countryside.
Postcode districts covering Buttermere
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 24.3 miles39.2 km
- Swindon 19.8 miles31.8 km
- Basingstoke 19 miles30.6 km
- Winchester 20.9 miles33.6 km
- Salisbury 22 miles35.4 km
- Andover 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Newbury 9.7 miles15.6 km
- Didcot 22.1 miles35.5 km
- Thatcham 12.1 miles19.4 km
- Wantage 17.8 miles28.6 km
- Grove 19 miles30.6 km
- Devizes 20.4 miles32.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Vernham Street and Little Down Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Ham Built-up area 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Shalbourne Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Vernhams Dean Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Linkenholt Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Tidcombe and Fosbury Parish 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Combe Parish 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Faccombe Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Pewsey Vale East Ward 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Inkpen Built-up area 3.7 miles6 km
- West Woodhay Parish 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Chute Parish 4.2 miles6.7 km
Example postcodes in Buttermere
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 27.8 miles44.7 km
- Bournemouth Airport 41.1 miles66.2 km
- Bedwyn Railway Station 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Hungerford Railway Station 5.2 miles8.4 km
Hotels near Buttermere Ad
- The Furze Bush Inn 5.8 miles9.3 km
- The Three Swans Hotel, Hungerford, Berkshire 4 5.2 miles8.4 km
- The Retreat, Elcot Park 4 6.8 miles11 km
- The Vineyard Hotel & Spa 5 8.4 miles13.5 km
- The Bear Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 5.5 miles8.8 km
- The Coat and Bear 4 9.3 miles15 km
- The Star and Garter 4 9.3 miles15 km
- Best Western Andover 9.6 miles15.5 km
- The Chequers Hotel 4 9.5 miles15.4 km
- The Elephant at the Market 3 9.5 miles15.2 km
Local points of interest
- Wolf Hall Historic site 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Ramridge House Estate 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Newbury Racecourse Recreation 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Oakley Hall Estate 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 15.5 miles24.9 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 15.7 miles25.2 km
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 15.7 miles25.3 km
- Aldermaston Court Estate 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Burderop Park Estate 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 16.3 miles26.2 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 16.7 miles26.9 km