Chippenham Hardenhuish is a mixed residential and semi-urban sector on the northern side of Chippenham in Wiltshire, sitting close to the town’s centre and the stretch of the River Avon. The area combines Victorian terraces and post‑war housing with pockets of more recent development, local shops and community facilities, and is centred around the long‑standing educational hub of Hardenhuish School. Historically the neighbourhood grew up around the old Hardenhuish House estate, traces of which still inform the local street pattern and character.
Economically the ward mixes commuter households - many travelling to Bath, Bristol or London via Chippenham’s rail connections - with local retail and light industrial activity. It has an active community life, with school events, sports clubs and neighbourhood groups maintaining a fairly strong civic identity despite steady development pressures in recent years.
Postcode districts covering Chippenham Hardenhuish
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 20.8 miles
- Swindon 15.9 miles
- Bath 12.3 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 16.5 miles
- Stroud 19.3 miles
- Trowbridge 10.8 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 12.4 miles
- Chippenham 0.7 miles
- Yate 14 miles
- Frome 21.4 miles
- Melksham 6.6 miles
- Melksham Without 6.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Chippenham Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Chippenham Monkton Ward 0.7 miles
- Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads Ward 0.7 miles
- Chippenham Hardens & Central Ward 1 mile
- Chippenham Sheldon Ward 1 mile
- Chippenham Lowden & Rowden Ward 1.2 miles
- Langley Burrell Without Parish 1.3 miles
- Kington Langley Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Kington Ward 1.7 miles
- Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon Ward 1.8 miles
- Chippenham Without Parish 1.9 miles
- Chippenham Pewsham Ward 2 miles
Example postcodes in Chippenham Hardenhuish
SN15 1RN, SN15 1BN, SN15 1AZ, SN14 6EZ, SN15 1AF, SN15 1QD, SN15 1DY, SN14 6LR, SN15 1DL … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 26.4 miles
- Southampton Airport 48.8 miles
- Chippenham Railway Station 0.6 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 6.3 miles
Hotels near Chippenham Hardenhuish Ad
- Bowood Hotel, Spa, and Golf Resort 4 4.1 miles
- The White Hart 4.7 miles
- The Manor House Hotel and Golf Club 5 5 miles
- Stanton Manor Hotel 3.4 miles
- The Jolly Huntsman 3 1.8 miles
- Lucknam Park Hotel 5 5.9 miles
- The Duke Hotel 4 6.4 miles
- Best Western Plus Angel Hotel 3 0.9 miles
- The Castle Inn 4 4.9 miles
- Whatley Manor 5 8 miles
Schools in Chippenham Hardenhuish
- Hardenhuish School Secondary
- Sheldon School Secondary
- St Paul's Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 1.5 miles
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 3.7 miles
- Hartham Country house 3.8 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 10.5 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 10.8 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 11.9 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 11.9 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 11.9 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 12 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 12 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 12 miles
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 12.9 miles