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 miles
- Gloucester 22.7 miles
- Cheltenham 22.1 miles
- Stroud 17.5 miles
- Trowbridge 23.1 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 21.6 miles
- Chippenham 13.5 miles
- Yate 23.1 miles
- Witney 21.6 miles
- Melksham 18.4 miles
- Melksham Without 18.3 miles
- Wantage 20.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Purton Built-up area 0.9 miles
- Greatfield Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Braydon Parish 1.9 miles
- Lydiard Millicent Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Leigh Parish 2.3 miles
- Chelworth Lower Green Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Priory Vale Ward 3.1 miles
- Shaw Ward 3.1 miles
- Minety Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Royal Wootton Bassett North Ward 3.2 miles
- Royal Wootton Bassett East Ward 3.2 miles
- Cricklade Built-up area 3.5 miles
Example postcodes in Purton
SN5 4BE, SN5 0AH, SN5 4GG, SN5 5ED, SN5 5DY, SN25 2DA, SN5 4HA, SN5 4AS, SN5 4HY … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 38.4 miles
- Southampton Airport 50.2 miles
- Swindon Railway Station 5.1 miles
- Kemble Railway Station 7.9 miles
Hotels near Purton Ad
- The Bolingbroke Hotel 3 2.1 miles
- Schoolhouse Restaurant and Hotel 3 2.3 miles
- The Churchill 3 3.4 miles
- Cricklade House Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection 4 3.3 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Swindon West 3 3.9 miles
- Leonardo Hotel Swindon 4 5.2 miles
- The Angel Hotel 4 3.6 miles
- Eliot Arms 4 5.6 miles
- Lydiard Park Hotel & Conference Centre 3 3 miles
- The Red Lion 4 3.8 miles
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 miles
- Burderop Wood Forest 7.5 miles
- Burderop Park Estate 7.7 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 11.6 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 12.5 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 13 miles
- Cotswold Hills Hill 13.2 miles
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 13.8 miles
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 14 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 14.4 miles
- Stowell Park Estate 15.4 miles
- The New Lawn Stadium 16.2 miles