Fonthill Bishop is a small, quiet village in southern Wiltshire, set among rolling chalk downland and mixed woodlands. The settlement is largely agricultural in character with a handful of historic cottages and a village church, and it sits close to the landscaped park and lake that mark the wider Fonthill estate.
The area is best known for its dramatic early 19th-century associations with the creation and dramatic collapse of Fonthill Abbey, which left a strong imprint on the local landscape and sense of history. Today the parish retains a rural, conservation-minded community with country walks, estate woodlands and the occasional visitor drawn by the picture-postcard setting and local heritage.
Postcode districts covering Fonthill Bishop
Most populated places nearby
- Bath 22.6 miles36.4 km
- Salisbury 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Trowbridge 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Chippenham 24.9 miles40 km
- Frome 13.5 miles21.8 km
- Melksham 19 miles30.6 km
- Melksham Without 19.1 miles30.7 km
- Devizes 18.1 miles29.1 km
- Ferndown 22.2 miles35.7 km
- Ferndown Town 22.5 miles36.3 km
- Warminster 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Calne 23.7 miles38.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Nadder Valley Ward 1 mile1.5 km
- Berwick St. Leonard Parish 1 mile1.7 km
- Hindon Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Fonthill Gifford Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Chilmark Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Chicklade Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Tisbury Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- West Tisbury Parish 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Teffont Parish 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Teffont Evias Built-up area 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Stockton Parish 3.6 miles5.7 km
- Sherrington Parish 3.8 miles6.1 km
Example postcodes in Fonthill Bishop
SP3 5SG, SP3 5SQ, SP3 5SF, SP3 5SL, SP3 5SE, SP3 5SJ, SP3 5SZ, SP3 5SH
Transport links
- Bournemouth Airport 24.7 miles39.7 km
- Bristol Airport 33.4 miles53.8 km
- Tisbury Railway Station 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Warminster Railway Station 8.2 miles13.2 km
Hotels near Fonthill Bishop Ad
- Home Farm 4 7.1 miles11.5 km
- The Bishopstrow Hotel & Spa 4 7.1 miles11.4 km
- The Grosvenor Arms 4 8 miles12.9 km
- The Old Bell - Warminster 8.1 miles13.1 km
- Best Western Shaftesbury the Royal Chase Hotel 3 7.9 miles12.7 km
Local points of interest
- Fonthill Abbey Estate 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Wardour Castle Estate 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Western Downs Hill 8 miles12.9 km
- Cranborne Chase Forest 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Stourhead Estate 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Longleat Country house 9.9 miles16 km
- Salisbury Racecourse Recreation 10.7 miles17.3 km
- King Alfred's Tower Historic site 11.9 miles19.2 km
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 12.7 miles20.5 km
- Wincanton Racecourse Recreation 14.2 miles22.9 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 14.2 miles22.9 km
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 14.5 miles23.4 km