Calne is a traditional market town in north‑west Wiltshire, England, set on the small River Marden in a gentle limestone valley. The town retains a compact historic centre with Georgian and Victorian buildings around a market place, reflecting its long history as a local trading and cloth‑working centre; the grand Palladian park of Bowood House lies just to the south and is a notable local landmark.
Historically the town became well known for bacon curing and pork‑processing, though its industrial role has diminished and it today functions partly as a commuter and service centre within easy reach of Bath, Swindon and the M4 corridor. Calne still has a lively community life, local shops and events that celebrate its rural Wiltshire character.
Postcode districts covering Calne
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 12.8 miles
- Bath 16.5 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 22.1 miles
- Stroud 23.2 miles
- Trowbridge 12.1 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 18.2 miles
- Chippenham 5.6 miles
- Yate 19.9 miles
- Frome 22.9 miles
- Melksham 7.4 miles
- Melksham Without 7.3 miles
- Devizes 5.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Calne Central Ward 0.4 miles
- Calne Chilvester & Abberd Ward 0.5 miles
- Calne North Ward 0.8 miles
- Calne Rural Ward 1.2 miles
- Calne Without Parish 1.5 miles
- Calne South Ward 2 miles
- Cherhill Built-up area 2 miles
- Compton Bassett Parish 2 miles
- Derry Hill and Studley Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Heddington Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Bremhill Parish 3.1 miles
- Hilmarton Parish 3.1 miles
Example postcodes in Calne
SN11 8BB, SN11 9RU, SN11 8LL, SN11 0BY, SN11 0QD, SN11 0BX, SN11 0BZ, SN11 9AE, SN11 0DX … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 31.4 miles
- Southampton Airport 43.6 miles
- Chippenham Railway Station 5.4 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 7.6 miles
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Schools in Calne
- Fynamore Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity C of E Academy Primary
- Kingsbury Green Academy Secondary
- Marden Vale C of E Academy Primary
- Priestley Primary School Primary
- Saint Edmund's Roman Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Marys Calne and St Margarets Prep Independent - all ages
Local points of interest
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 3.3 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 4.5 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 6.2 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 6.2 miles
- Hartham Country house 8.9 miles
- Burderop Park Estate 11.2 miles
- Burderop Wood Forest 12.4 miles
- County Ground Stadium 13 miles
- Savernake Forest Forest 14 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 15.3 miles
- Wolf Hall Historic site 15.8 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 16.2 miles