Market Lavington is a small Wiltshire village and civil parish set on the gentle chalk of the Vale of Pewsey, a few miles west of Devizes and on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain. The landscape around the village is typical downland countryside with rolling fields and the occasional prehistoric barrow, giving a sense of deep history in an otherwise quietly rural setting.
Historically a market village, it still retains a mix of Georgian and Victorian buildings and a strong village community: there is a volunteer-run local museum, active village groups, and the kinds of shops and pubs that serve both farming families and commuters to larger towns. Agriculture remains important locally, but many residents now travel for work, so Market Lavington combines traditional rural character with a lively social life and regular community events.
Postcode districts covering Market Lavington
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 21 miles
- Bath 17.2 miles
- Salisbury 17.2 miles
- Andover 22.5 miles
- Trowbridge 9.5 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 24 miles
- Chippenham 12.7 miles
- Frome 17.4 miles
- Melksham 8.3 miles
- Melksham Without 8.2 miles
- Devizes 4.1 miles
- Warminster 10.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Market Lavington Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Easterton Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Littleton Panell Built-up area 1 mile
- Little Cheverell Parish 1.3 miles
- The Lavingtons Ward 1.4 miles
- West Lavington Parish 1.6 miles
- Great Cheverell Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Cheverell Magna Parish 1.9 miles
- Urchfont Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Erlestoke Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Potterne Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Worton Built-up area 2.5 miles
Example postcodes in Market Lavington
SN10 4AB, SN10 4DR, SN10 4DG, SN10 5RQ, SN10 4AH, SN10 4AF, SN10 4BY, SN10 4BZ, SN10 4BX … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 32.1 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 36.1 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 8.9 miles
- Westbury Railway Station 9.3 miles
Hotels near Market Lavington Ad
- The Bear Hotel 3 4 miles
- Castle Hotel 3 4 miles
- The Peppermill Town House Hotel and Restaurant 5 3.7 miles
- The George & Dragon 4 5.1 miles
- The Black Swan Inn 4 miles
- Antelope Inn 7.8 miles
- The Dog and Gun 9.4 miles
- The Kings Arms Hotel 3 8.3 miles
- Bishopstrow Hotel and Spa 4 9.8 miles
- The Hollies Inn 4 9.5 miles
Schools in Market Lavington
- Lavington School Secondary
- St Barnabas C of E School, Market Lavington Primary
Local points of interest
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 9.8 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 10.1 miles
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 10.7 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 11 miles
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 11.8 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 12 miles
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 12.3 miles
- Hartham Country house 14 miles
- Longleat Country house 14.4 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 14.5 miles
- Savernake Forest Forest 14.6 miles
- Wolf Hall Historic site 15.1 miles