East Kennett is a tiny rural parish in Wiltshire, England, tucked into the chalk of the Kennet Valley just a couple of miles from the prehistoric landscape around Avebury. The hamlet sits among the rolling chalk downland of the Marlborough Downs and close to the River Kennet, with a patchwork of arable fields, pasture and species-rich chalk grassland that draws walkers and naturalists.
Its history is long-lived - barrows and other Neolithic and Bronze Age features stud the surrounding ridges and the small medieval parish church of St Martin's provides a focal point for the scattered community. Farming remains the mainstay of local life while tourism linked to the nearby Avebury World Heritage Site brings occasional visitors; socially the area is quiet and community-minded, relying on neighbouring villages for most services and events.
Postcode districts covering East Kennett
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 11.6 miles18.6 km
- Bath 23.2 miles37.3 km
- Salisbury 22.8 miles36.7 km
- Andover 19.9 miles32.1 km
- Trowbridge 17.1 miles27.6 km
- Chippenham 13.1 miles21 km
- Newbury 21.9 miles35.3 km
- Thatcham 24.8 miles39.9 km
- Melksham 13.2 miles21.3 km
- Melksham Without 13.1 miles21.1 km
- Wantage 21.7 miles34.9 km
- Grove 22.3 miles35.9 km
Neighbouring places
- West Overton Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Avebury Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Marlborough West Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Fyfield Parish 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Winterbourne Monkton Parish 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Manton Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Preshute Parish 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Alton Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Oare Built-up area 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Wilcot, Huish and Oare Parish 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Berwick Bassett Parish 4 miles6.4 km
- Stanton St. Bernard Parish 4.2 miles6.7 km
Example postcodes in East Kennett
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 37.5 miles60.4 km
- Bristol Airport 38.4 miles61.7 km
- Pewsey Railway Station 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Bedwyn Railway Station 10.1 miles16.3 km
Hotels near East Kennett Ad
- Castle and Ball by Greene King Inns 3 4.4 miles7 km
- Castle Hotel 3 7.9 miles12.7 km
- The Duke Hotel 4 7.9 miles12.8 km
- Bowood Hotel, Spa, and Golf Resort 4 9.8 miles15.8 km
- The Bear Hotel 3 8.1 miles13 km
- The Churchill 3 9.9 miles16 km
- Chiseldon House 3 8.7 miles14 km
- Holiday Inn Express Swindon West 3 9.7 miles15.6 km
- The Angel Hotel 4 10 miles16.1 km
- Doubletree by Hilton Swindon 4 9.8 miles15.8 km
Local points of interest
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 6.5 miles10.5 km
- Burderop Park Estate 8.2 miles13.1 km
- Wolf Hall Historic site 8.3 miles13.4 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 10.4 miles16.8 km
- County Ground Stadium 11.3 miles18.1 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 12 miles19.3 km
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 15.5 miles24.9 km
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 15.7 miles25.2 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 16.3 miles26.2 km