Ham in Wiltshire, England is a very small rural settlement whose name comes from the Old English hām, meaning homestead. Typical of Wiltshire hamlets, it sits amid rolling chalk downland and arable farmland and often features traditional cottages and farm buildings, ancient lanes and nearby prehistoric barrows that hint at a long landscape history.
Economically and socially, life in Ham has traditionally been tied to agriculture and local estates, though today many residents commute to nearby market towns; community activity tends to centre on the parish networks, village hall and local gatherings. The place retains a quiet, close‑knit character with layers of medieval and later rural history visible in field patterns and older buildings.
Postcode districts covering Ham
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 24.2 miles39 km
- Swindon 18.2 miles29.2 km
- Basingstoke 19.9 miles32 km
- Winchester 22.6 miles36.4 km
- Salisbury 23.2 miles37.4 km
- Andover 10.6 miles17 km
- Abingdon-on-Thames 23.9 miles38.4 km
- Newbury 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Didcot 20.8 miles33.5 km
- Thatcham 12 miles19.2 km
- Wantage 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Grove 17.4 miles28.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Shalbourne Built-up area 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Buttermere Parish 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Pewsey Vale East Ward 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Inkpen Built-up area 3 miles4.8 km
- Combe Parish 3.3 miles5.2 km
- Great Bedwyn Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Hungerford Built-up area 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Vernham Street and Little Down Built-up area 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Linkenholt Parish 3.7 miles6 km
- Tidcombe and Fosbury Parish 3.8 miles6.1 km
- West Woodhay Parish 3.9 miles6.2 km
- Vernhams Dean Parish 3.9 miles6.3 km
Example postcodes in Ham
SN8 3QP, SN8 3RF, SN8 3RE, SN8 3QR, SN8 3RG, SN8 3RD, SN8 3QT, SN8 3QS, SN8 3RB
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 29.6 miles47.6 km
- Bournemouth Airport 42.6 miles68.6 km
- Bedwyn Railway Station 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Hungerford Railway Station 3.6 miles5.7 km
Hotels near Ham Ad
- The Furze Bush Inn 5.8 miles9.4 km
- The Three Swans Hotel, Hungerford, Berkshire 4 3.5 miles5.7 km
- The Bear Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 3.8 miles6.1 km
- The Retreat, Elcot Park 4 5.7 miles9.2 km
- The Vineyard Hotel & Spa 5 7.8 miles12.5 km
- The Coat and Bear 4 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Queens Arms 4 8.7 miles14 km
- Castle and Ball by Greene King Inns 3 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Donnington Valley Hotel, Golf & Spa 4 9.6 miles15.4 km
- The Chequers Hotel 4 9.2 miles14.8 km
Local points of interest
- Wolf Hall Historic site 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 6.8 miles11 km
- Newbury Racecourse Recreation 10 miles16.2 km
- Ramridge House Estate 10.2 miles16.5 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 14.6 miles23.6 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Burderop Park Estate 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Oakley Hall Estate 16.2 miles26.1 km
- Aldermaston Court Estate 16.4 miles26.3 km
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 16.7 miles26.8 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 17.3 miles27.8 km