Holt is a small rural parish in Wiltshire, set among rolling downland, patchwork farmland and hedged lanes. The settlement is compact and typical of the county’s villages, with a cluster of houses, farmsteads and a parish church tucked into the landscape; footpaths and bridleways through the fields make it popular with walkers and riders.
Historically agriculture has dominated local life, but the community now mixes farming with commuters and small rural enterprises. Several listed buildings and visible earthworks hint at a long history from medieval times and earlier, and village events, the church and parish institutions keep a strong social cohesion while the parish remains quietly connected to nearby market towns.
Postcode districts covering Holt
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 18.7 miles
- Swindon 23.1 miles
- Bath 7.3 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 15.2 miles
- Trowbridge 2.4 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 14.8 miles
- Chippenham 7.9 miles
- Yate 16.1 miles
- Frome 13 miles
- Nailsea 24.6 miles
- Melksham 3.2 miles
- Melksham Without 3.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Holt Built-up area 0.1 miles
- Staverton Parish 1.1 miles
- Broughton Gifford Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Hilperton Parish 1.4 miles
- Trowbridge Adcroft Ward 1.9 miles
- Bradford-on-Avon Built-up area 2.3 miles
- South Wraxall Parish 2.3 miles
- Bradford-on-Avon North Ward 2.3 miles
- Bradford-on-Avon South Ward 2.3 miles
- Trowbridge Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Semington Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Atworth Built-up area 2.4 miles
Example postcodes in Holt
BA14 6PW, BA14 6QR, BA14 6RA, BA14 6QD, BA14 6RR, BA14 6QP, BA14 6BW, BA14 6QX, BA14 6RP … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 22.4 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 42.8 miles
- Bradford-on-Avon Railway Station 2.4 miles
- Trowbridge Railway Station 2.6 miles
Hotels near Holt Ad
- Woolley Grange - A Luxury Family Hotel 4 1.5 miles
- Homewood Hotel & Spa 4 5.3 miles
- Widbrook Grange 3 2.4 miles
- The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa 5 7.5 miles
- Beechfield House Hotel 4 3.5 miles
- Francis Hotel Bath 4 7.2 miles
- The Queensberry Hotel 4 7.3 miles
- Eight 7 miles
- Lucknam Park Hotel 5 7.1 miles
- The Moonraker Hotel 3 2.4 miles
Schools in Holt
- Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Hartham Country house 6.3 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 7 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 7.2 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 7.3 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 7.3 miles
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 7.5 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 8.1 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 8.4 miles
- Twerton Park Stadium 8.5 miles
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 9.9 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 11.2 miles
- Longleat Country house 12.2 miles