Corsham is a compact market town in north‑west Wiltshire, England, about eight miles west of Bath. Its honey‑coloured stone buildings and a pleasant high street of independent shops and cafés give it a conserved, historic feel, while the stately Corsham Court and its landscaped gardens are a local highlight.
The town’s history is tied to the wool trade and extensive local quarrying, and those quarries include vast underground caverns that later housed a Cold War-era bunker used by the Ministry of Defence. Today Corsham blends that industrial and military past with a lively community life, arts activity and a commuter relationship with nearby Bath and Bristol, making it both a historic centre and a desirable place to live.
Postcode districts covering Corsham
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 17.7 miles
- Swindon 20 miles
- Bath 8.2 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 13.6 miles
- Stroud 21.6 miles
- Trowbridge 7.4 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 11.1 miles
- Chippenham 3.8 miles
- Yate 12.6 miles
- Frome 17.6 miles
- Nailsea 24.4 miles
- Melksham 4.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Corsham Ladbrook Ward 0.4 miles
- Corsham Pickwick Ward 0.6 miles
- Neston Built-up area 1 mile
- Rudloe Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Corsham Without Ward 1.6 miles
- Gastard Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Biddestone Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Box & Colerne Ward 2.4 miles
- Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon Ward 2.5 miles
- Atworth Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Whitley Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Notton Built-up area 2.6 miles
Example postcodes in Corsham
SN13 9UR, SN13 9UN, SN13 0RD, SN13 9PD, SN13 0AZ, SN13 9LA, SN13 0EZ, SN13 9EX, SN13 9BN … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 22.8 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 47.4 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 4.1 miles
- Chippenham Railway Station 4.1 miles
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Schools in Corsham
- Corsham Primary School Primary
- Heywood Prep Independent - primary
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Corsham Primary
- The Corsham Regis Primary Academy Primary
- The Corsham School Secondary
Local points of interest
- Hartham Country house 1.3 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 4.5 miles
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 5.4 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 7.8 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 7.9 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 7.9 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 8 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 8.3 miles
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 9.3 miles
- Twerton Park Stadium 9.3 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 12.2 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 12.9 miles