Castle Combe is a small, picture‑postcard village and civil parish in Wiltshire, tucked into the Bybrook valley on the edge of the Cotswolds and not far from both Bath and Chippenham. The village is noted for its honey‑coloured stone cottages, a medieval market cross and the 14th‑century church, and the river that runs through the centre once powered small mills supporting local cloth and agricultural industries.
Today Castle Combe is largely sustained by tourism and conservation, with many listed buildings and a compact historic core that has made it a popular filming location, while nearby Castle Combe Circuit brings motorsport visitors to the area; despite that attention it retains a small, close‑knit community and a strong sense of local heritage.
Postcode districts covering Castle Combe
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 16.5 miles26.5 km
- Swindon 19.5 miles31.3 km
- Gloucester 24.5 miles39.4 km
- Bath 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 12.3 miles19.7 km
- Stroud 16.9 miles27.2 km
- Trowbridge 12.1 miles19.4 km
- Chipping Sodbury 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Chippenham 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Yate 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Frome 21.5 miles34.5 km
- Portishead 23.8 miles38.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Upper Castle Combe Built-up area 0.3 miles0.4 km
- By Brook Ward 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Grittleton Parish 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Yatton Keynell Built-up area 1.7 miles2.7 km
- North Wraxall Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Nettleton Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- West Kington Built-up area 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Biddestone Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Acton Turville Built-up area 3 miles4.8 km
- Leigh Delamere Built-up area 3 miles4.8 km
- Chippenham Without Parish 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Kington St. Michael Built-up area 3.6 miles5.7 km
Example postcodes in Castle Combe
SN14 7HG, SN14 7QZ, SN14 7HX, SN14 7HF, SN14 7EY, SN14 7JW, SN14 7HS, SN14 7LH, SN14 7JN … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 22.7 miles36.5 km
- Cardiff Airport 48.6 miles78.3 km
- Chippenham Railway Station 5.3 miles8.6 km
- Melksham Railway Station 8.8 miles14.2 km
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Local points of interest
- Hartham Country house 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Dyrham Park Historic site 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 8.3 miles13.3 km
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Fashion Museum Museum 9.7 miles15.6 km
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Roman Baths Historic site 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 10.8 miles17.4 km
- Twerton Park Stadium 11 miles17.6 km