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 miles
- Swindon 20.4 miles
- Bath 9.9 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 17.3 miles
- Salisbury 24.9 miles
- Trowbridge 4.4 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 15.8 miles
- Chippenham 6.3 miles
- Yate 17.3 miles
- Frome 15.3 miles
- Melksham 0.4 miles
- Melksham Without 0.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Melksham Built-up area 0.4 miles
- Melksham Without Parish 0.5 miles
- Melksham Forest Ward 0.6 miles
- Melksham East Ward 0.7 miles
- Bowerhill Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Melksham Without North & Shurnhold Ward 1.3 miles
- Beanacre Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Broughton Gifford Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Shaw Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Semington Built-up area 2 miles
- Melksham Without West & Rural Ward 2.2 miles
- Whitley Built-up area 2.3 miles
Example postcodes in Melksham South
SN12 6LS, SN12 6AX, SN12 6UL, SN12 6HE, SN12 6JF, SN12 7LZ, SN12 7PG, SN12 6BG, SN12 6UT … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 25.1 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 42.7 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 0.8 miles
- Trowbridge Railway Station 4.8 miles
Hotels near Melksham South Ad
- Beechfield House Hotel 4 1.4 miles
- Bowood Hotel, Spa, and Golf Resort 4 5.3 miles
- Woolley Grange - A Luxury Family Hotel 4 4.4 miles
- Castle Hotel 3 6.3 miles
- Lucknam Park Hotel 5 7.8 miles
- The Bear Hotel 3 6.1 miles
- Homewood Hotel & Spa 4 8.2 miles
- Widbrook Grange 3 5.1 miles
- The White Hart 8.1 miles
- Francis Hotel Bath 4 9.8 miles
Schools in Melksham South
- Aloeric Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 4.9 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 6.1 miles
- Hartham Country house 6.1 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 9.7 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 9.8 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 9.8 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 9.9 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 11 miles
- Twerton Park Stadium 11.2 miles
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 12.2 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 12.4 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 12.7 miles