Devizes Rural West sits to the west of the market town of Devizes in rural Wiltshire, England. The ward is characterised by rolling chalk downland and mixed arable and pastoral farmland, with scattered villages and hamlets; agriculture and small local businesses remain important, while a fair number of households commute to nearby towns for work.
The landscape has a long history evident in field patterns and occasional prehistoric earthworks, and village life still centres on churches, pubs and community halls with seasonal fetes and events. Locally it’s represented on Wiltshire Council and faces typical rural issues such as housing and planning pressures, transport links and broadband provision.
Postcode districts covering Devizes Rural West
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 20.4 miles
- Bath 14.4 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 22.3 miles
- Salisbury 20 miles
- Trowbridge 7 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 21 miles
- Chippenham 10 miles
- Yate 22.4 miles
- Frome 16.2 miles
- Melksham 5.3 miles
- Melksham Without 5.2 miles
- Devizes 3.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Worton Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Marston Parish 0.9 miles
- Poulshot Built-up area 1 mile
- Bulkington Parish 1.5 miles
- Potterne Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Cheverell Magna Parish 2.1 miles
- Seend Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Coulston Parish 2.6 miles
- Great Cheverell Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Devizes North Ward 2.6 miles
- Devizes South Ward 2.6 miles
- Sells Green Built-up area 2.6 miles
Example postcodes in Devizes Rural West
SN12 6RL, SN10 5UA, SN12 6QD, SN10 1SD, SN10 5LL, SN10 5NJ, SN12 6PJ, SN12 6PP, SN10 5NL … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 29.4 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 38.5 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 5.9 miles
- Trowbridge Railway Station 7.4 miles
Hotels in Devizes Rural West Ad
Schools in Devizes Rural West
- Seend C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 7.3 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 9.4 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 10.3 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 11 miles
- Hartham Country house 11 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 12.8 miles
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 13.7 miles
- Longleat Country house 13.8 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 14.2 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 14.4 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 14.4 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 14.5 miles