Devizes North sits on the northern edge of the market town of Devizes in Wiltshire, encompassing suburban streets and a slice of the surrounding countryside where the chalk uplands of Roundway Down meet the town. The area feels the weight of local history - the Civil War fighting on the downs is part of the landscape’s story - and is within easy reach of the Kennet and Avon corridor, with the town’s famous Caen Hill Locks and canal forming a strong part of the wider local identity.
Today the ward is largely residential with pockets of small shops, light industry and farmed land nearby, and a mixed community of long‑standing residents and commuters to Swindon and Bath. Cultural life ties into the wider town amenities and events, while local institutions such as the historic Wadworth Brewery and access to the North Wessex Downs AONB give a distinctive blend of heritage and rural leisure.
Postcode districts covering Devizes North
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 17.8 miles
- Bath 15.7 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 23 miles
- Salisbury 21 miles
- Andover 24.4 miles
- Trowbridge 8.8 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 20.9 miles
- Chippenham 9 miles
- Yate 22.4 miles
- Frome 18.7 miles
- Melksham 5.7 miles
- Melksham Without 5.6 miles
Neighbouring places
- Devizes Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Devizes South Ward 0.8 miles
- Devizes East Ward 1.2 miles
- Rowde Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Potterne Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Poulshot Built-up area 2 miles
- Bromham, Rowde & Roundway Ward 2.2 miles
- Devizes Rural West Ward 2.6 miles
- Stert Parish 2.6 miles
- Sells Green Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Worton Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Bromham Built-up area 3.1 miles
Example postcodes in Devizes North
SN10 1AG, SN10 1FA, SN10 9DZ, SN10 1ZZ, SN10 9DE, SN10 1BT, SN10 1JS, SN10 1FH, SN10 1HN … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 30.9 miles
- Southampton Airport 39.5 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 6.3 miles
- Chippenham Railway Station 9 miles
Hotels in Devizes North Ad
Schools in Devizes North
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes Primary
Local points of interest
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 5.9 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 7.7 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 8.1 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 8.5 miles
- Hartham Country house 10.8 miles
- Savernake Forest Forest 14.1 miles
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 14.2 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 15 miles
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 15.1 miles
- Wolf Hall Historic site 15.1 miles
- Burderop Park Estate 15.3 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 15.4 miles