Oaksey is a small, quietly rural village and civil parish in north Wiltshire, sitting close to the county boundary with Gloucestershire and within sight of the rolling countryside that leads into the Cotswolds. Set in gently undulating farmland and fen meadows, it lies in the orbit of nearby market towns such as Malmesbury and has the sort of landscape shaped by small rivers and drainage channels typical of this part of the county.
Historically agricultural, Oaksey retains a number of older buildings and a sense of a long-established community; its character is defined by farmhouses, converted barns and a small cluster of village amenities rather than any major industry. Today the village combines a quiet residential feel with local clubs and events, while many residents commute to surrounding towns for work, giving it a mix of traditional rural life and modern links to the wider area.
Postcode districts covering Oaksey
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 11 miles17.6 km
- Gloucester 17.1 miles27.4 km
- Cheltenham 17.7 miles28.4 km
- Bath 23.5 miles37.8 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 24.2 miles38.9 km
- Stroud 11.4 miles18.3 km
- Trowbridge 23.4 miles37.7 km
- Chipping Sodbury 17.5 miles28.2 km
- Chippenham 13.3 miles21.4 km
- Yate 18.8 miles30.2 km
- Witney 24.5 miles39.4 km
- Tewkesbury 24.8 miles39.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Poole Keynes Parish 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Upper Minety Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Somerford Keynes Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- Hankerton Parish 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Kemble Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Crudwell Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Rodmarton Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Ewen Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Charlton Parish 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Minety Built-up area 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Ashton Keynes Built-up area 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Ashley Parish 3.7 miles6 km
Example postcodes in Oaksey
SN16 9SY, SN16 9TL, SN16 9TT, SN16 9TJ, SN16 9TH, SN16 9TD, SN16 9TN, SN16 9TF, SN16 9TB … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 35.1 miles56.4 km
- Southampton Airport 55.6 miles89.5 km
- Kemble Railway Station 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Stroud Railway Station 11.2 miles18.1 km
Hotels near Oaksey Ad
- Pettifers Freehouse Hotel 3 2.2 miles3.6 km
- The Old Bell Hotel 4 5.2 miles8.4 km
- The Close Hotel 4 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Corinium Hotel & Restaurant 3 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Eliot Arms 4 4.3 miles7 km
- Whatley Manor 5 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Ingleside House 5.8 miles9.3 km
- The Snooty Fox 3 6.1 miles9.8 km
- Wild Thyme & Honey 7.1 miles11.5 km
- Kings Head Hotel 4 5.7 miles9.1 km
Schools in Oaksey
- Oaksey C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Cotswold Hills Hill 7 miles11.3 km
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 9.4 miles15.1 km
- The New Lawn Stadium 10.1 miles16.2 km
- County Ground Stadium 11.8 miles19 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 13.3 miles21.4 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 13.7 miles22 km
- Stowell Park Estate 13.7 miles22.1 km
- Burderop Park Estate 13.8 miles22.2 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 14.9 miles24 km
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 15 miles24.2 km
- Hartham Country house 15.5 miles24.9 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 16.3 miles26.2 km