Royal Wootton Bassett East is the mainly residential eastern quarter of the market town of Royal Wootton Bassett in Wiltshire, sitting on the edge of the chalk downland that characterises the county. The ward mixes older terraces and Victorian streets with more recent housing developments and pockets of green space, and still enjoys rural views across farmland towards the downs; its transport links make it a popular base for commuters heading to Swindon and beyond via the nearby M4.
Locally there’s a quiet civic feel: small shops, schools, community centres and pubs serve a population that largely works outside the town, while light industry and local businesses sit on the outskirts. The wider town has a notable recent history - granted the “Royal” prefix after national recognition for the dignified tributes paid to service personnel - and that sense of strong community and civic pride is evident in East’s calendar of local events and neighbourhood organisations.
Postcode districts covering Royal Wootton Bassett East
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 4.6 miles
- Bath 23.6 miles
- Stroud 19.7 miles
- Trowbridge 20.7 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 21.5 miles
- Chippenham 11.7 miles
- Yate 23.1 miles
- Witney 23.6 miles
- Melksham 15.9 miles
- Melksham Without 15.8 miles
- Wantage 20.3 miles
- Grove 20.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Royal Wootton Bassett Built-up area 0.5 miles
- Royal Wootton Bassett North Ward 0.6 miles
- Lydiard Tregoze Parish 0.7 miles
- Greatfield Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Royal Wootton Bassett South & West Ward 1.4 miles
- Lydiard Millicent Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Lydiard and Freshbrook Ward 2.2 miles
- West Swindon Parish 2.6 miles
- Shaw Ward 2.8 miles
- Purton Built-up area 3 miles
- Tockenham Parish 3.2 miles
- Broad Town Built-up area 3.3 miles
Example postcodes in Royal Wootton Bassett East
SN4 8EQ, SN4 8EJ, SN4 8ET, SN5 5DE, SN4 8NQ, SN4 8NF, SN5 0AN, SN4 8FL, SN5 3NE … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 37.5 miles
- Southampton Airport 47.3 miles
- Swindon Railway Station 4.6 miles
- Kemble Railway Station 10.5 miles
Hotels in Royal Wootton Bassett East Ad
- The Churchill 3
- Schoolhouse Restaurant and Hotel 3
- The Bolingbroke Hotel 3
- Holiday Inn Express Swindon West 3
- The Angel Hotel 4
- Doubletree by Hilton Swindon 4
- Lydiard Park Hotel & Conference Centre 3
- Village Hotel Swindon 4
- The Wiltshire Hotel, Golf and Leisure Resort 3
Schools in Royal Wootton Bassett East
- Lydiard Millicent C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- County Ground Stadium 5.2 miles
- Burderop Park Estate 5.7 miles
- Burderop Wood Forest 6.1 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 8.4 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 9.3 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 11 miles
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 11.4 miles
- Savernake Forest Forest 14.4 miles
- Hartham Country house 15.1 miles
- Cotswold Hills Hill 15.1 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 15.1 miles
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 15.2 miles