Compton Bassett is a small village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, set on chalk downland within the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The compact settlement clusters around its medieval parish church, St Swithin's, and the estate of Compton Bassett House, with surrounding farmland, ancient barrows and rolling chalk grassland giving the area a distinctly rural, historic feel.
Historically linked with the Bassett family, the community today combines traditional agriculture with residents who commute to nearby towns; village life centres on the church and occasional local events. Its quiet lanes and proximity to long-distance footpaths attract walkers and anyone after a classic Wiltshire countryside experience.
Postcode districts covering Compton Bassett
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 10.8 miles17.3 km
- Bath 18.4 miles29.7 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 23.7 miles38.1 km
- Stroud 23 miles37 km
- Trowbridge 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Chipping Sodbury 19.5 miles31.3 km
- Chippenham 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Yate 21.1 miles34 km
- Frome 24.9 miles40.1 km
- Melksham 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Melksham Without 9.3 miles15 km
- Wantage 24.8 miles39.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Hilmarton Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Cherhill Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Calne Rural Ward 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Calne Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- Calne North Ward 2 miles3.3 km
- Calne Chilvester & Abberd Ward 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Calne Central Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Clyffe Pypard Parish 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Calne Without Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Lyneham and Bradenstoke Parish 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Lyneham Built-up area 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Calne South Ward 3.9 miles6.3 km
Example postcodes in Compton Bassett
SN11 8RG, SN11 8RF, SN11 8RH, SN11 8RQ, SN11 8SN, SN11 8SW, SN11 8RD, SN11 8SP, SN11 8RE
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 33.3 miles53.5 km
- Southampton Airport 43.5 miles70 km
- Chippenham Railway Station 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Melksham Railway Station 9.6 miles15.5 km
Hotels near Compton Bassett Ad
- The Duke Hotel 4 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Bowood Hotel, Spa, and Golf Resort 4 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Castle Hotel 3 7.2 miles11.6 km
- The Churchill 3 7.1 miles11.4 km
- The Bear Hotel 3 7.3 miles11.8 km
- The Bolingbroke Hotel 3 8.2 miles13.1 km
- Schoolhouse Restaurant and Hotel 3 8 miles12.8 km
- The Angel Hotel 4 6.5 miles10.4 km
- Holiday Inn Express Swindon West 3 7.7 miles12.5 km
- Stanton Manor Hotel 8.9 miles14.3 km
Local points of interest
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 5.1 miles8.1 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Burderop Park Estate 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 10.4 miles16.7 km
- Hartham Country house 10.6 miles17.1 km
- County Ground Stadium 11 miles17.7 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 12.8 miles20.5 km
- Wolf Hall Historic site 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 15.7 miles25.3 km
- Dyrham Park Historic site 18 miles28.9 km