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 miles
- Swindon 19.8 miles
- Bath 10.6 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 17.8 miles
- Salisbury 24.7 miles
- Trowbridge 5 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 16.2 miles
- Chippenham 6.1 miles
- Yate 17.7 miles
- Frome 15.9 miles
- Melksham 0.5 miles
- Melksham Without 0.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Melksham Without Parish 0.4 miles
- Melksham Built-up area 0.5 miles
- Melksham Forest Ward 0.5 miles
- Melksham South Ward 0.7 miles
- Bowerhill Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Melksham Without North & Shurnhold Ward 1.4 miles
- Beanacre Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Seend Cleeve Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Shaw Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Seend Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Broughton Gifford Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Semington Built-up area 2.4 miles
Example postcodes in Melksham East
SN12 6WP, SN12 7RZ, SN12 7FR, SN12 6SR, SN12 7GS, SN12 7RX, SN12 7FQ, SN12 6FT, SN12 6XJ … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 25.8 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 42.7 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 1.2 miles
- Trowbridge Railway Station 5.4 miles
Hotels near Melksham East Ad
- The Kings Arms Hotel 3 0.7 miles
- Beechfield House 4 1.5 miles
- Sign of the Angel 3 miles
- The George & Dragon 4 3.9 miles
- The Bear Hotel 3 5.6 miles
- Castle Hotel 3 5.7 miles
- The White Hart 3.4 miles
- The Tollgate Inn 4 3.8 miles
- Bowood Hotel, Spa, and Golf Resort 4 4.8 miles
- The Methuen Arms 5 4.9 miles
Schools in Melksham East
- Forest and Sandridge C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 4.5 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 5.8 miles
- Hartham Country house 6.3 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 10.3 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 10.4 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 10.5 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 10.5 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 11.6 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 11.8 miles
- Twerton Park Stadium 11.8 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 12.2 miles
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 12.8 miles