Devizes sits in the heart of Wiltshire as a traditional market town built around the motte of a Norman castle, with a compact medieval street pattern and distinctive hilltop chalk figure on Roundway Hill. The town punches above its weight culturally, hosting the Wiltshire Museum with strong archaeological displays drawn from the surrounding landscape and a lively calendar of local community events.
Geographically and economically it benefits from its proximity to the Kennet and Avon Canal and the famous Caen Hill Locks, which bring boating tourism and walkers, while the local economy mixes independent shops, agriculture and the long-established Wadworth Brewery. Weekly markets and regular festivals help maintain a strong civic life and a steady stream of visitors to the town.
Postcode districts covering Devizes
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 17.4 miles
- Bath 16.1 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 23.3 miles
- Salisbury 21 miles
- Andover 24.1 miles
- Trowbridge 9.3 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 21.1 miles
- Chippenham 9.1 miles
- Yate 22.7 miles
- Frome 19.1 miles
- Melksham 6.1 miles
- Melksham Without 6 miles
Neighbouring places
- Devizes Built-up area 0.2 miles
- Devizes North Ward 0.4 miles
- Devizes South Ward 0.7 miles
- Devizes East Ward 0.9 miles
- Rowde Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Potterne Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Bromham, Rowde & Roundway Ward 2.3 miles
- Stert Parish 2.4 miles
- Poulshot Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Urchfont & Bishops Cannings Ward 2.6 miles
- Devizes Rural West Ward 3 miles
- Bishops Cannings Parish 3 miles
Example postcodes in Devizes
SN10 1NT, SN10 5JQ, SN10 3AF, SN10 3EP, SN10 5FD, SN10 3UE, SN10 2HQ, SN10 1QE, SN10 5HW … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 31.3 miles
- Southampton Airport 39.3 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 6.7 miles
- Chippenham Railway Station 9.1 miles
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Schools in Devizes
- Devizes School Secondary
- Downland School Special
- Nursteed Community Primary School Primary
- Southbroom Infants' School Primary
- Southbroom St James Academy Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes Primary
- The Trinity C of E Primary Academy Primary
- Wansdyke School Primary
Local points of interest
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 6 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 7.3 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 8.1 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 8.2 miles
- Hartham Country house 11 miles
- Savernake Forest Forest 13.6 miles
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 14.1 miles
- Wolf Hall Historic site 14.7 miles
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 14.9 miles
- Burderop Park Estate 15 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 15.5 miles
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 15.5 miles