The ward of Chippenham Hardens & Central sits at the heart of Chippenham in Wiltshire, taking in the town centre, riverside and adjoining residential streets. Its streets mix Georgian and Victorian terraces with pockets of later housing and green space alongside the River Avon, reflecting the town’s long history as a market centre with small-scale manufacturing roots.
As the retail and civic focus of the town, the area hosts independent shops, a regular market and cultural venues such as The Neeld, and operates as a commuter hub with good rail and road connections to Bath, Swindon and London. Socially it blends long-established communities with newer families and professionals, and recent regeneration efforts have tried to balance economic growth with conservation of the historic townscape.
Postcode districts covering Chippenham Hardens & Central
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 21.3 miles
- Swindon 15.8 miles
- Bath 12.4 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 17.1 miles
- Stroud 20.3 miles
- Trowbridge 10.2 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 13.2 miles
- Chippenham 0.5 miles
- Yate 14.8 miles
- Frome 21 miles
- Melksham 5.9 miles
- Melksham Without 5.8 miles
Neighbouring places
- Chippenham Monkton Ward 0.4 miles
- Chippenham Built-up area 0.5 miles
- Chippenham Lowden & Rowden Ward 0.9 miles
- Chippenham Hardenhuish Ward 1 mile
- Chippenham Pewsham Ward 1 mile
- Chippenham Sheldon Ward 1 mile
- Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads Ward 1.4 miles
- Langley Burrell Without Parish 1.6 miles
- Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon Ward 1.7 miles
- Lackham Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Kington Langley Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Kington Ward 2.3 miles
Example postcodes in Chippenham Hardens & Central
SN15 3DZ, SN15 3GW, SN15 1BT, SN15 2SA, SN15 3DY, SN15 3PJ, SN15 3AT, SN15 3LH, SN15 1FH … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 26.8 miles
- Southampton Airport 47.9 miles
- Chippenham Railway Station 0.4 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 5.6 miles
Hotels in Chippenham Hardens & Central Ad
Schools in Chippenham Hardens & Central
- Abbeyfield School Secondary
- Charter Primary School Primary
- The Young People's Support Centre Secondary
Local points of interest
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 0.6 miles
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 2.7 miles
- Hartham Country house 4.1 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 11.2 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 11.2 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 11.4 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 11.4 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 12 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 12 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 12.1 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 12.2 miles
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 13.2 miles