Melksham Without is a largely rural civil parish that surrounds the market town of Melksham in Wiltshire, England. It contains a scattering of villages and hamlets such as Beanacre, Shaw and Whitley alongside the Bowerhill business and industrial area, with farmland, hedgerows and small woods forming much of the landscape and the Kennet and Avon Canal and the River Avon running close by.
The parish mixes traditional agriculture with light industry and commuter housing, and local life revolves around village halls, sports clubs and the parish council; historic ties with the market town and improved road and rail links have shaped steady growth while retaining a distinctly rural character that attracts people working in nearby centres such as Bath and Bristol.
Postcode districts covering Melksham Without
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 21.2 miles
- Swindon 20 miles
- Bath 10.2 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 17.4 miles
- Trowbridge 4.9 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 15.8 miles
- Chippenham 5.8 miles
- Yate 17.2 miles
- Frome 15.8 miles
- Melksham 0.1 miles
- Devizes 6.2 miles
- Warminster 12.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Melksham Built-up area 0.1 miles
- Melksham Forest Ward 0.2 miles
- Melksham East Ward 0.4 miles
- Melksham South Ward 0.5 miles
- Melksham Without North & Shurnhold Ward 1 mile
- Bowerhill Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Beanacre Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Shaw Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Broughton Gifford Built-up area 2 miles
- Whitley Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Seend Cleeve Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Semington Built-up area 2.5 miles
Example postcodes in Melksham Without
SN12 6BX, SN12 6XR, SN12 6WB, SN12 8QH, SN12 8QD, SN12 7PP, SN12 6XZ, SN12 6GW, SN12 6SE … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 25.4 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 43 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 0.7 miles
- Trowbridge Railway Station 5.3 miles
Hotels in Melksham Without Ad
Local points of interest
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 4.5 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 5.7 miles
- Hartham Country house 5.9 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 9.9 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 10 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 10.1 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 10.1 miles
- Twerton Park Stadium 11.4 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 11.5 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 12.1 miles
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 12.4 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 12.5 miles