Purton is a large, predominantly rural civil parish in Wiltshire, lying a few miles north‑west of Swindon amid rolling north Wiltshire countryside. The parish contains a village centre together with a scattering of hamlets, and still shows a historic core with an old parish church and a number of traditional cottages and farmsteads.
Traditionally agricultural, the local economy now mixes farming with commuters travelling into Swindon and beyond, while village life is kept lively by community groups, a village hall, local pubs and seasonal events. There’s a strong sense of local identity and history, with traces of earlier settlement woven into everyday life.
Postcode districts covering Purton
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Gloucester 22.7 miles36.5 km
- Cheltenham 22.1 miles35.6 km
- Stroud 17.5 miles28.2 km
- Trowbridge 23.1 miles37.1 km
- Chipping Sodbury 21.6 miles34.8 km
- Chippenham 13.5 miles21.7 km
- Yate 23.1 miles37.2 km
- Witney 21.6 miles34.8 km
- Melksham 18.4 miles29.6 km
- Melksham Without 18.3 miles29.4 km
- Wantage 20.3 miles32.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Purton Built-up area 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Greatfield Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Braydon Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Lydiard Millicent Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Leigh Parish 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Chelworth Lower Green Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Priory Vale Ward 3.1 miles5 km
- Shaw Ward 3.1 miles5 km
- Minety Built-up area 3.1 miles5 km
- Royal Wootton Bassett North Ward 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Royal Wootton Bassett East Ward 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Cricklade Built-up area 3.5 miles5.6 km
Example postcodes in Purton
SN5 4FJ, SN5 4DU, SN5 4AR, SN5 4HJ, SN5 4BQ, SN5 4GJ, SN5 4HA, SN5 4GL, SN5 4HN … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 38.4 miles61.8 km
- Southampton Airport 50.2 miles80.9 km
- Swindon Railway Station 5.1 miles8.2 km
- Kemble Railway Station 7.9 miles12.6 km
Hotels near Purton Ad
- The Bolingbroke Hotel 3 2.1 miles3.3 km
- The Churchill 3 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Schoolhouse Restaurant and Hotel 3 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Cricklade House Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection 4 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Holiday Inn Express Swindon West 3 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Leonardo Hotel Swindon 4 5.2 miles8.4 km
- The Vale Hotel 3.6 miles5.7 km
- The Angel Hotel 4 3.6 miles5.9 km
- Eliot Arms 4 5.6 miles9 km
- Lydiard Park Hotel & Conference Centre 3 3 miles4.8 km
Schools in Purton
- Bradon Forest School Secondary
- Ridgeway Farm C of E Academy Primary
- St Mary's C of E Primary School & Nursery, Purton Primary
Local points of interest
- County Ground Stadium 5.7 miles9.2 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Burderop Park Estate 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 13 miles21 km
- Cotswold Hills Hill 13.2 miles21.2 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 13.8 miles22.2 km
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 14 miles22.5 km
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Stowell Park Estate 15.4 miles24.7 km
- The New Lawn Stadium 16.2 miles26.1 km