Tockenham is a small rural parish in Wiltshire, set in undulating chalk downland to the north‑west of the county near Swindon. The settlement is largely agricultural, made up of scattered farmsteads, converted barns and a compact village core that looks out over arable fields, hedgerows and quiet lanes.
The area has a long history visible in its medieval church and surviving earthworks of an earlier settlement, together with several listed houses and a former manor house that give the place a strong local character. Community life is modest and village‑focused, with farming still important economically while many residents commute to nearby towns; the parish is also popular with walkers and anyone who enjoys open countryside and historic lanes.
Postcode districts covering Tockenham
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 7.7 miles
- Bath 20.4 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 24.3 miles
- Stroud 19.6 miles
- Trowbridge 17.5 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 19 miles
- Chippenham 8.5 miles
- Yate 20.6 miles
- Melksham 12.7 miles
- Melksham Without 12.6 miles
- Wantage 23.2 miles
- Grove 23.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Lyneham Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Lyneham and Bradenstoke Parish 1.2 miles
- Clyffe Pypard Parish 2.1 miles
- Royal Wootton Bassett South & West Ward 2.4 miles
- Royal Wootton Bassett Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Hilmarton Parish 2.8 miles
- Royal Wootton Bassett North Ward 2.9 miles
- Dauntsey Parish 3 miles
- Brinkworth Built-up area 3.2 miles
- Royal Wootton Bassett East Ward 3.2 miles
- Lydiard Tregoze Parish 3.4 miles
- Broad Town Built-up area 3.5 miles
Example postcodes in Tockenham
SN4 7PL, SN15 4DL, SN15 4DS, SN4 7PJ, SN4 7PP, SN4 7PN, SN15 4DH, SN4 7PQ, SN4 7PG … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 34.5 miles
- Southampton Airport 46.8 miles
- Swindon Railway Station 7.7 miles
- Chippenham Railway Station 8.2 miles
Hotels near Tockenham Ad
- The Churchill 3 3.5 miles
- The Bolingbroke Hotel 3 4.1 miles
- The Wiltshire Hotel, Golf and Leisure Resort 3 1.2 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Swindon West 3 4.6 miles
- The Angel Hotel 4 2.5 miles
- DoubleTree by Hilton Swindon 4 4.5 miles
- The Duke Hotel 4 3.1 miles
- Village Hotel Swindon 3 5.7 miles
- Leonardo Hotel Swindon 4 7.8 miles
- Premier Inn Swindon West 3 4.6 miles
Local points of interest
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 7.4 miles
- Burderop Park Estate 7.8 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 7.8 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 8.1 miles
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 8.2 miles
- County Ground Stadium 8.2 miles
- Burderop Wood Forest 8.5 miles
- Hartham Country house 12 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 13.5 miles
- Savernake Forest Forest 14.7 miles
- Cotswold Hills Hill 14.8 miles
- Wolf Hall Historic site 16.9 miles