Melksham East covers the eastern side of the market town of Melksham in Wiltshire, England, and is largely residential with pockets of local shops, community facilities and green spaces beside the River Avon. It benefits from reasonable transport links on the TransWilts rail corridor to Swindon and Trowbridge, making it a popular choice for commuters heading towards Bristol and Bath.
Locally the ward sits against a backdrop of long Wiltshire history - the town grew from medieval market roots - and today combines modest light industry and business parks with active community groups, sports clubs and schools. Its location also gives quick access to the surrounding countryside, from the low-lying Vale into the rolling approaches to the Cotswolds and the downs towards Salisbury Plain, so residents get a mix of town amenities and rural amenity close by.
Postcode districts covering Melksham East
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 21.6 miles34.8 km
- Swindon 19.8 miles31.9 km
- Bath 10.6 miles17 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 17.8 miles28.7 km
- Salisbury 24.7 miles39.7 km
- Trowbridge 5 miles8 km
- Chipping Sodbury 16.2 miles26 km
- Chippenham 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Yate 17.7 miles28.4 km
- Frome 15.9 miles25.6 km
- Melksham 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Melksham Without 0.4 miles0.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Melksham Without Parish 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Melksham Built-up area 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Melksham Forest Ward 0.5 miles0.9 km
- Melksham South Ward 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Bowerhill Built-up area 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Melksham Without North & Shurnhold Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Beanacre Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Seend Cleeve Built-up area 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Shaw Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Seend Built-up area 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Broughton Gifford Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Semington Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
Example postcodes in Melksham East
SN12 7GG, SN12 7FY, SN12 7RS, SN12 6FP, SN12 6ZJ, SN12 6FT, SN12 7FZ, SN12 6FN, SN12 7FS … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 25.8 miles41.5 km
- Bournemouth Airport 42.7 miles68.7 km
- Melksham Railway Station 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Trowbridge Railway Station 5.4 miles8.7 km
Hotels near Melksham East Ad
- Bowood Hotel, Spa, and Golf Resort 4 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Beechfield House Hotel 4 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Castle Hotel 3 5.7 miles9.1 km
- The Bear Hotel 3 5.6 miles8.9 km
- Woolley Grange - A Luxury Family Hotel 4 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Lucknam Park Hotel 5 8.1 miles13.1 km
- Widbrook Grange 3 5.8 miles9.3 km
- Homewood Hotel & Spa 4 8.9 miles14.3 km
- The White Hart 8.3 miles13.4 km
- The Duke Hotel 4 9.6 miles15.5 km
Schools in Melksham East
- Forest and Sandridge C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 4.5 miles7.2 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 5.8 miles9.3 km
- Hartham Country house 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Roman Baths Historic site 10.3 miles16.6 km
- Fashion Museum Museum 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 10.5 miles16.8 km
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 10.5 miles16.9 km
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 11.6 miles18.6 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 11.8 miles18.9 km
- Twerton Park Stadium 11.8 miles19 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 12.8 miles20.6 km