Leigh Delamere is a tiny hamlet in north‑west Wiltshire, set in rolling agricultural countryside close to the M4. It retains a quiet, rural character with a handful of historic houses and a small parish church that hint at its past as a manorial farming settlement on the edge of the Cotswold landscape; the nearest larger towns and cities are Chippenham, Bath and Bristol.
The hamlet is best known to many because of the motorway services bearing its name, Leigh Delamere Services, which sit alongside the M4 and bring passing trade and local jobs. Otherwise social and economic life is dominated by agriculture and a mix of long‑standing local families and commuters who work in nearby centres.
Postcode districts covering Leigh Delamere
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 19.5 miles31.3 km
- Swindon 16.5 miles26.5 km
- Gloucester 23.8 miles38.3 km
- Bath 12.7 miles20.5 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 15.2 miles24.5 km
- Stroud 16.3 miles26.3 km
- Trowbridge 13.1 miles21 km
- Chipping Sodbury 10.1 miles16.2 km
- Chippenham 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Yate 11.7 miles18.8 km
- Frome 23.2 miles37.4 km
- Melksham 9.4 miles15.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Kington St. Michael Built-up area 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Stanton St. Quintin Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Lower Stanton St. Quintin Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Hullavington Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Yatton Keynell Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Clanville Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Grittleton Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Kington Langley Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- By Brook Ward 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Kington Ward 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Upper Castle Combe Built-up area 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Chippenham Without Parish 3 miles4.8 km
Example postcodes in Leigh Delamere
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 25.7 miles41.3 km
- Cardiff Airport 51.6 miles83 km
- Chippenham Railway Station 3.8 miles6.1 km
- Melksham Railway Station 9 miles14.5 km
Hotels near Leigh Delamere Ad
- Stanton Manor Hotel 1.1 miles1.8 km
- The Manor House Hotel and Golf Club 5 3.3 miles5.4 km
- The White Hart 4 miles6.5 km
- The Castle Inn 4 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Whatley Manor 5 5.2 miles8.3 km
- The Jolly Huntsman 3 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Lucknam Park Hotel 5 5.7 miles9.2 km
- The Old Bell Hotel 4 5.8 miles9.3 km
- Bowood Hotel, Spa, and Golf Resort 4 7.2 miles11.6 km
- The Duke Hotel 4 8.3 miles13.3 km
Local points of interest
- Hartham Country house 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 4.6 miles7.5 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 6.8 miles11 km
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Dyrham Park Historic site 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Cotswold Hills Hill 12 miles19.3 km
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 12 miles19.4 km
- Fashion Museum Museum 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 12.4 miles19.9 km
- Roman Baths Historic site 12.4 miles20 km
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 12.4 miles20 km
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 12.5 miles20.1 km