Shaw is a small village in the county of Wiltshire in south‑west England, set amid the rolling chalk downland that characterises much of the county. The surroundings are typically rural - hedged fields, patchwork farmland and views towards areas of higher ground such as the Salisbury Plain - and the settlement retains a sense of historic continuity with older stone and brick cottages and farm buildings visible around the lanes.
Historically the village would have been agricultural in outlook, and today that heritage sits alongside the realities of modern life: a mixed local population, some remaining farming activity and many people commuting to larger towns for work. Socially it tends to feel like a close‑knit rural community with local clubs and events playing an important role, while nearby historic towns and landscape attractions give residents and visitors plenty of cultural and recreational options.
Postcode districts covering Shaw
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 19.4 miles31.3 km
- Swindon 20.5 miles33.1 km
- Bath 8.6 miles13.9 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 15.6 miles25 km
- Stroud 24.5 miles39.4 km
- Trowbridge 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Chipping Sodbury 13.9 miles22.4 km
- Chippenham 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Yate 15.4 miles24.8 km
- Frome 15.7 miles25.2 km
- Melksham 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Melksham Without 1.9 miles3 km
Neighbouring places
- Whitley Built-up area 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Melksham Without North & Shurnhold Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Beanacre Built-up area 1.3 miles2 km
- Atworth Built-up area 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Broughton Gifford Built-up area 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Gastard Built-up area 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Melksham Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Melksham Forest Ward 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Melksham Without Parish 1.9 miles3 km
- Melksham South Ward 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Neston Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Melksham East Ward 2.3 miles3.7 km
Example postcodes in Shaw
SN12 8EX, SN12 8EN, SN12 8EU, SN12 8JD, SN12 8EH, SN12 8EQ, SN12 8ET, SN12 8EY, SN12 8ER … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 23.8 miles38.3 km
- Bournemouth Airport 44.4 miles71.5 km
- Melksham Railway Station 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Bradford-on-Avon Railway Station 4.8 miles7.8 km
Hotels near Shaw Ad
- Beechfield House Hotel 4 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Bowood Hotel, Spa, and Golf Resort 4 5.5 miles8.8 km
- Lucknam Park Hotel 5 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Woolley Grange - A Luxury Family Hotel 4 3.9 miles6.3 km
- The White Hart 6.3 miles10.2 km
- The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa 5 8.7 miles14 km
- Bailbrook House 4 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Homewood Hotel & Spa 4 7.5 miles12.1 km
- The Queensberry Hotel 4 8.5 miles13.6 km
- Widbrook Grange 3 5.1 miles8.1 km
Local points of interest
- Hartham Country house 4.3 miles7 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 5 miles8 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Roman Baths Historic site 8.3 miles13.4 km
- Fashion Museum Museum 8.4 miles13.6 km
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 8.5 miles13.6 km
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Twerton Park Stadium 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 10.6 miles17.1 km
- Dyrham Park Historic site 10.8 miles17.4 km
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 11.1 miles17.9 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 13.5 miles21.7 km