Calne Rural sits around the market town of Calne in north-west Wiltshire, occupying a patchwork of farmland, small villages and rolling chalk downland that blends into the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The ward’s lanes and footpaths are popular with walkers and cyclists, and its proximity to larger centres means countryside living with relatively easy access to Bath, Swindon and onward rail and motorway links to London.
The area combines traditional agricultural activity with a quieter commuter economy and a lively village scene of parish churches, community halls and pubs. Local heritage is noticeable in earthworks and old farmsteads rather than grand urban architecture, and the ward retains a strong sense of local identity centred on community events, small businesses and conservation of the surrounding landscape.
Postcode districts covering Calne Rural
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 11.9 miles19.2 km
- Bath 16.8 miles27 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 21.9 miles35.3 km
- Stroud 22 miles35.5 km
- Trowbridge 12.9 miles20.7 km
- Chipping Sodbury 17.7 miles28.6 km
- Chippenham 5.3 miles8.6 km
- Yate 19.4 miles31.2 km
- Frome 23.8 miles38.3 km
- Melksham 8.2 miles13.1 km
- Melksham Without 8 miles12.9 km
- Devizes 7.1 miles11.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Calne North Ward 0.6 miles1 km
- Calne Chilvester & Abberd Ward 1 mile1.6 km
- Calne Built-up area 1.2 miles2 km
- Calne Central Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Compton Bassett Parish 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Hilmarton Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Calne Without Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Bremhill Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Cherhill Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Derry Hill and Studley Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Calne South Ward 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Lyneham and Bradenstoke Parish 3.7 miles6 km
Example postcodes in Calne Rural
SN15 3RE, SN11 8SX, SN11 9HD, SN15 3RQ, SN11 8QP, SN11 8XN, SN11 8PU, SN11 9LT, SN11 8UD … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 31.5 miles50.7 km
- Southampton Airport 44.6 miles71.8 km
- Chippenham Railway Station 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Melksham Railway Station 8.3 miles13.3 km
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Schools in Calne Rural
- Cherhill C of E School Primary
- Derry Hill C of E Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Hilmarton Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 3.7 miles6 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 6.5 miles10.4 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 6.7 miles10.7 km
- Hartham Country house 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Burderop Park Estate 10.7 miles17.3 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 11.9 miles19.1 km
- County Ground Stadium 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 14.3 miles23.1 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Dyrham Park Historic site 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Wolf Hall Historic site 16.3 miles26.3 km