Melksham is a compact market town in Wiltshire, England, set on the low-lying floodplain of the River Avon with the sweeping downs of Salisbury Plain not far to the south. Historically it grew up around agriculture and woollen and engineering mills, and you can still see pockets of Victorian industrial architecture alongside a traditional high street and a regular market.
Today Melksham combines light industry and local services with a growing commuter population who travel to Chippenham, Trowbridge or further afield to Bath and Bristol. Transport links include the local station on the TransWilts route, and the town has an active community life with festivals, clubs and steady housing development that reflect its blend of historic roots and modern living.
Postcode districts covering Melksham
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 21.1 miles
- Swindon 20.1 miles
- Bath 10.1 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 17.3 miles
- Trowbridge 4.7 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 15.7 miles
- Chippenham 5.9 miles
- Yate 17.2 miles
- Frome 15.7 miles
- Melksham Without 0.1 miles
- Devizes 6.3 miles
- Warminster 12 miles
Neighbouring places
- Melksham Without Parish 0.1 miles
- Melksham Forest Ward 0.3 miles
- Melksham South Ward 0.4 miles
- Melksham East Ward 0.5 miles
- Melksham Without North & Shurnhold Ward 1 mile
- Bowerhill Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Beanacre Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Shaw Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Broughton Gifford Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Whitley Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Semington Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Seend Cleeve Built-up area 2.5 miles
Example postcodes in Melksham
SN12 7EU, SN12 7JY, SN12 8BX, SN12 7BW, SN12 7EA, SN12 7DG, SN12 7EZ, SN12 8BT, SN12 8DJ … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 25.3 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 43 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 0.6 miles
- Trowbridge Railway Station 5.2 miles
Hotels near Melksham Ad
- Beechfield House Hotel 4 1.1 miles
- Bowood Hotel, Spa, and Golf Resort 4 5 miles
- Woolley Grange - A Luxury Family Hotel 4 4.7 miles
- Castle Hotel 3 6.2 miles
- Lucknam Park Hotel 5 7.7 miles
- The Bear Hotel 3 6.1 miles
- Homewood Hotel & Spa 4 8.4 miles
- The White Hart 7.9 miles
- Widbrook Grange 3 5.5 miles
- The Duke Hotel 4 9.9 miles
Schools in Melksham
- Aloeric Primary School Primary
- Forest and Sandridge C of E Primary School Primary
- River Mead School Primary
Local points of interest
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 4.6 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 5.8 miles
- Hartham Country house 5.9 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 9.8 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 9.9 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 10 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 10 miles
- Twerton Park Stadium 11.3 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 11.3 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 12.2 miles
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 12.3 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 12.6 miles