Tilshead is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, set on the chalk of Salisbury Plain with the spring-fed River Till running nearby. The surrounding landscape is classic downland - rolling chalk hills peppered with prehistoric earthworks and burial mounds - while large tracts of the plain are used for military training, a factor that has long shaped land use and public access in the area.
Locally the economy has traditionally been agricultural, complemented today by the presence of defence activity and a small, close-knit rural community. The village retains historic buildings and a parish church of medieval origin, and social life tends to centre on community events and countryside pursuits such as walking and riding across the distinctive downland scenery.
Postcode districts covering Tilshead
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 24.6 miles39.5 km
- Bath 20.6 miles33.2 km
- Salisbury 12.5 miles20.1 km
- Andover 20.2 miles32.6 km
- Trowbridge 12.7 miles20.4 km
- Chippenham 17.4 miles28.1 km
- Frome 17.9 miles28.8 km
- Melksham 12.7 miles20.4 km
- Melksham Without 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Devizes 8.7 miles14 km
- Warminster 10.2 miles16.4 km
- Calne 14.5 miles23.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Tilshead Built-up area 0.1 miles0.1 km
- Orcheston Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Shrewton Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
- West Lavington Parish 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Chitterne Built-up area 3.5 miles5.7 km
- The Lavingtons Ward 4 miles6.4 km
- Littleton Panell Built-up area 4 miles6.4 km
- Market Lavington Built-up area 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Easterton Built-up area 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Winterbourne Stoke Parish 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Little Cheverell Parish 4.9 miles7.9 km
- Great Cheverell Built-up area 5.1 miles8.1 km
Example postcodes in Tilshead
SP3 4RY, SP3 4SF, SP3 4RB, SP3 4SD, SP3 4SL, SP3 4RX, SP3 4RZ, SP3 4SB, SP3 4SJ … See all
Transport links
- Bournemouth Airport 31.5 miles50.7 km
- Southampton Airport 32.3 miles51.9 km
- Warminster Railway Station 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Pewsey Railway Station 11 miles17.7 km
Hotels near Tilshead Ad
- Home Farm 4 9 miles14.4 km
- Castle Hotel 3 8.7 miles13.9 km
- The George Hotel, Amesbury, Wiltshire 8.4 miles13.5 km
- The Bishopstrow Hotel & Spa 4 8.8 miles14.2 km
- The Bear Hotel 3 8.6 miles13.9 km
- Holiday Inn Salisbury - Stonehenge 4 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Fairlawn House 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Antrobus Hotel 3 8.4 miles13.5 km
Schools in Tilshead
- St Thomas à Becket C of E Aided Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 6.5 miles10.5 km
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 8 miles12.9 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 8.3 miles13.4 km
- Salisbury Racecourse Recreation 12.9 miles20.8 km
- Fonthill Abbey Estate 12.9 miles20.8 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Longleat Country house 14.3 miles23.1 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 14.4 miles23.2 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 14.5 miles23.4 km
- Wardour Castle Estate 15.1 miles24.2 km
- Wolf Hall Historic site 15.5 miles24.9 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 15.7 miles25.2 km