Melksham South sits in the southern part of the market town of Melksham in Wiltshire, covering a mix of residential streets, pockets of green space and the nearby light‑industrial area of Bowerhill. Good road links via the A350 and a local station on the TransWilts line mean many residents commute to larger centres such as Trowbridge, Bath and Chippenham, while still enjoying a quieter, small‑town feel.
The ward reflects Melksham’s longer history as a market and light‑industrial town: nineteenth‑ and twentieth‑century engineering and manufacturing left an imprint that survives in local businesses and industrial estates. Community life is active with parks, community centres and town markets around the historic centre (including the parish church of St Michael and All Angels), so the area combines long‑standing local ties with a growing number of commuters and younger families.
Postcode districts covering Melksham South
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 21.1 miles33.9 km
- Swindon 20.4 miles32.9 km
- Bath 9.9 miles16 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 17.3 miles27.8 km
- Salisbury 24.9 miles40.1 km
- Trowbridge 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Chipping Sodbury 15.8 miles25.5 km
- Chippenham 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Yate 17.3 miles27.8 km
- Frome 15.3 miles24.7 km
- Melksham 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Melksham Without 0.5 miles0.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Melksham Built-up area 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Melksham Without Parish 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Melksham Forest Ward 0.6 miles1 km
- Melksham East Ward 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Bowerhill Built-up area 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Melksham Without North & Shurnhold Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Beanacre Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Broughton Gifford Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Shaw Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Semington Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- Melksham Without West & Rural Ward 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Whitley Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
Example postcodes in Melksham South
SN12 6DG, SN12 7LT, SN12 6AZ, SN12 7PD, SN12 6BB, SN12 7EA, SN12 6AU, SN12 9BN, SN12 7RH … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 25.1 miles40.5 km
- Bournemouth Airport 42.7 miles68.7 km
- Melksham Railway Station 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Trowbridge Railway Station 4.8 miles7.7 km
Hotels near Melksham South Ad
- Bowood Hotel, Spa, and Golf Resort 4 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Beechfield House Hotel 4 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Castle Hotel 3 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Woolley Grange - A Luxury Family Hotel 4 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Lucknam Park Hotel 5 7.8 miles12.6 km
- Widbrook Grange 3 5.1 miles8.3 km
- The Bear Hotel 3 6.1 miles9.9 km
- Homewood Hotel & Spa 4 8.2 miles13.2 km
- The White Hart 8.1 miles13.1 km
- The Queensberry Hotel 4 9.8 miles15.9 km
Schools in Melksham South
- Aloeric Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 4.9 miles8 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Hartham Country house 6.1 miles9.9 km
- Roman Baths Historic site 9.7 miles15.5 km
- Fashion Museum Museum 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 11 miles17.7 km
- Twerton Park Stadium 11.2 miles18 km
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 12.4 miles20 km
- Dyrham Park Historic site 12.7 miles20.4 km