Ham is a small, predominantly rural civil parish in Wiltshire, England, set among the county’s characteristic rolling chalk downland and patchwork of fields, hedgerows and lanes. The landscape and scale give it a quiet, intimate feel rather than a village buzz, with scattered farms and a handful of historic houses rather than a large centre.
Traditionally agricultural in character, the parish keeps a strong sense of local heritage through stone-built cottages, farmsteads and rural footpaths that attract walkers and wildlife spotters; community life tends to revolve around occasional local events and links with nearby market towns for services and commerce. Conservation of landscape and vernacular buildings is an important theme, helping preserve the parish’s long-established rural identity.
Postcode districts covering Ham
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 23.9 miles
- Swindon 18.8 miles
- Basingstoke 19.3 miles
- Winchester 22 miles
- Salisbury 23.1 miles
- Andover 10 miles
- Abingdon-on-Thames 24.1 miles
- Newbury 9.1 miles
- Didcot 20.9 miles
- Thatcham 11.6 miles
- Wantage 16.5 miles
- Grove 17.8 miles
Neighbouring places
- Ham Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Buttermere Parish 1.3 miles
- Shalbourne Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Combe Parish 2.7 miles
- Inkpen Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Vernham Street and Little Down Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Linkenholt Parish 3.1 miles
- Pewsey Vale East Ward 3.3 miles
- Vernhams Dean Parish 3.3 miles
- West Woodhay Parish 3.4 miles
- Tidcombe and Fosbury Parish 3.6 miles
- Hungerford Built-up area 3.8 miles
Example postcodes in Ham
SN8 3RD, RG17 0RW, SN8 3RH, SN8 3QZ, SN8 3QX, SN8 3RG, SN8 3RE, SN8 3QS, SN8 3QR … See all
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 29 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 42.3 miles
- Bedwyn Railway Station 3.8 miles
- Hungerford Railway Station 4 miles
Hotels near Ham Ad
- The Three Swans Hotel, Hungerford, Berkshire 4 4 miles
- Crown and Garter 4 2.9 miles
- The Hatchet Inn 3 5.8 miles
- The Bear Hotel 3 4.2 miles
- The Dundas Arms 4 4.3 miles
- The Jack Russell 4 4.2 miles
- The Furze Bush Inn 3 5.4 miles
- The Pelican Inn 3 4.2 miles
- Five Bells Wickham 7 miles
- The Retreat, Elcot Park 4 5.8 miles
Local points of interest
- Wolf Hall Historic site 5.9 miles
- Savernake Forest Forest 7.4 miles
- Newbury Racecourse Recreation 9.7 miles
- Ramridge House Estate 9.8 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 15.2 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 15.3 miles
- Burderop Park Estate 15.4 miles
- Oakley Hall Estate 15.6 miles
- Burderop Wood Forest 15.8 miles
- Aldermaston Court Estate 15.9 miles
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 16.7 miles
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 17.2 miles