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 miles32.8 km
- Bath 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 22.3 miles35.9 km
- Salisbury 20 miles32.2 km
- Trowbridge 7 miles11.2 km
- Chipping Sodbury 21 miles33.7 km
- Chippenham 10 miles16.2 km
- Yate 22.4 miles36.1 km
- Frome 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Melksham 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Melksham Without 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Devizes 3.1 miles5 km
Neighbouring places
- Worton Built-up area 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Marston Parish 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Poulshot Built-up area 1 mile1.5 km
- Bulkington Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Potterne Built-up area 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Cheverell Magna Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Seend Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Coulston Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Great Cheverell Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Devizes North Ward 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Devizes South Ward 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Sells Green Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
Example postcodes in Devizes Rural West
SN10 1FJ, SN12 6NZ, SN10 5US, SN10 5NG, SN10 1SW, SN10 5RX, SN10 5UD, SN10 5LP, SN10 5NR … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 29.4 miles47.4 km
- Bournemouth Airport 38.5 miles62 km
- Melksham Railway Station 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Trowbridge Railway Station 7.4 miles11.9 km
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 miles11.8 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 10.3 miles16.5 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 11 miles17.8 km
- Hartham Country house 11 miles17.8 km
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 12.8 miles20.5 km
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 13.7 miles22 km
- Longleat Country house 13.8 miles22.1 km
- Roman Baths Historic site 14.2 miles22.9 km
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Fashion Museum Museum 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 14.5 miles23.3 km