Durnford is a small, largely rural parish in Wiltshire, lying on the banks of the River Avon just to the north‑east of Salisbury and bordering the chalks of Salisbury Plain. The landscape is a mix of floodplain meadows and rolling downland, with scattered farmsteads and lanes rather than a single nucleated village, so it feels quiet and open compared with the nearby market towns.
Locally the economy is dominated by agriculture and rural enterprises, with many residents commuting into Salisbury or other nearby centres for work. The parish has historic roots and a number of older houses and farm buildings, and its riverside and downland setting attracts walkers and birdwatchers; its proximity to prehistoric and military landscapes on the Plain gives it an understated but tangible sense of English rural history.
Postcode districts covering Durnford
Most populated places nearby
- Southampton 22.7 miles
- Eastleigh 22.9 miles
- Eastleigh Town 22.4 miles
- Winchester 21.5 miles
- Salisbury 3.3 miles
- Andover 15.3 miles
- Trowbridge 22.1 miles
- Totton 19.2 miles
- Totton and Eling 19.5 miles
- Frome 24.6 miles
- Hythe and Dibden 24.7 miles
- Hythe and Dibden Purlieu 25 miles
Neighbouring places
- Woodford Parish 1.3 miles
- Old Sarum Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Winterbourne Parish 2.2 miles
- Wilsford cum Lake Parish 2.2 miles
- Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley Ward 2.4 miles
- Salisbury St. Francis & Stratford Ward 2.4 miles
- Salisbury Bemerton Heath Ward 2.5 miles
- Winterbourne Dauntsey and Winterbourne Earls Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Laverstock Parish 2.8 miles
- Winterbourne Gunner Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village Ward 3.1 miles
- South Newton Built-up area 3.2 miles
Example postcodes in Durnford
SP4 6AR, SP4 6BS, SP4 6AY, SP4 6RS, SP4 6AW, SP4 6AN, SP4 6AH, SP4 6BD, SP4 6FA … See all
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 22.9 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 23.7 miles
- Salisbury Station 3.6 miles
- Grateley Railway Station 8.7 miles
- Salisbury Bus Station 3.7 miles
Hotels near Durnford Ad
- The George Hotel, Amesbury, Wiltshire 3.6 miles
- The Riverside 4 4.4 miles
- The Stones Hotel 4 1 mile
- The Merchant's House 4 3.8 miles
- The Old Mill 4 4.1 miles
- Mercure Salisbury White Hart Hotel 4 3.9 miles
- Holiday Inn Salisbury - Stonehenge 4 4.3 miles
- Legacy Rose and Crown Hotel 4 4.4 miles
- Best Western Red Lion Hotel 4 3.8 miles
- Fairlawn House 3.7 miles
Local points of interest
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 3.6 miles
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 4 miles
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 4.3 miles
- Salisbury Racecourse Recreation 5.2 miles
- Norman Court Estate 9.1 miles
- Western Downs Hill 11.9 miles
- Ramridge House Estate 12.9 miles
- Fonthill Abbey Estate 13.6 miles
- Wardour Castle Estate 14.1 miles
- Cranborne Chase Forest 15.1 miles
- Embley House Estate 16 miles
- Broadlands Country house 16.5 miles