Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire in England, sitting on the little River Biss and shaped by its 18th–19th century woollen cloth industry. The town grew around mills, canals and later the railway, and you can still see converted mill buildings and Victorian terraces that speak to that industrial past. It lies within easy reach of Bath and the fringes of the Cotswolds, with countryside and the broad plain of Salisbury Plain not far away.
Today Trowbridge has a mixed economy of retail, light industry and commuters travelling to larger nearby centres such as Bath and Bristol, while local cultural life is grounded in a museum and community arts, a regular market and parks along the river. The town keeps a strong local identity rooted in its industrial heritage even as its social profile has diversified in recent decades.
Postcode districts covering Trowbridge
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 19.6 miles
- Swindon 24.8 miles
- Bath 8 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 16.4 miles
- Salisbury 24.4 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 16.8 miles
- Chippenham 10.1 miles
- Yate 18 miles
- Frome 11 miles
- Melksham 4.7 miles
- Melksham Without 4.9 miles
- Devizes 9.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Trowbridge Central Ward 0.3 miles
- Trowbridge Adcroft Ward 0.4 miles
- Trowbridge Park Ward 0.7 miles
- Trowbridge Paxcroft Ward 0.8 miles
- Trowbridge Lambrok Ward 1 mile
- Trowbridge Grove Ward 1.2 miles
- Trowbridge Drynham Ward 1.2 miles
- Staverton Parish 1.3 miles
- Hilperton Parish 1.4 miles
- North Bradley Built-up area 1.7 miles
- West Ashton Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Wingfield Parish 2.1 miles
Example postcodes in Trowbridge
BA14 7HZ, BA14 7EG, BA14 7LQ, BA14 4FX, BA14 4XG, BA14 9HN, BA14 7JN, BA14 9BP, BA14 7TS … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 22.6 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 40.7 miles
- Trowbridge Railway Station 0.5 miles
- Bradford-on-Avon Railway Station 2.6 miles
Hotels near Trowbridge Ad
- Homewood Hotel & Spa 4 5 miles
- Widbrook Grange 3 1.6 miles
- Woolley Grange - A Luxury Family Hotel 4 2.4 miles
- The Moonraker Hotel 3 1.1 miles
- The Foresters 5.1 miles
- Home Farm 4 9 miles
- The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa 5 8.3 miles
- Francis Hotel Bath 4 8 miles
- Eight 7.7 miles
- The Queensberry Hotel 4 8.1 miles
Schools in Trowbridge
- Bellefield Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Castle Mead School Primary
- Emmaus School Independent - all ages
- Hilperton C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Holbrook Primary School Primary
- Newtown Community Primary School Primary
- Paxcroft Primary School Primary
- St Augustine's Catholic College Secondary
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge Primary
- Staverton C of E Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Studley Green Primary School Primary
- The Clarendon Academy Secondary
- The Grove Primary School Primary
- The John of Gaunt School Secondary
- The Mead Community Primary School Primary
- Walwayne Court School Primary
- Willowbrook Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 6.6 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 7.8 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 8 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 8.1 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 8.1 miles
- Hartham Country house 8.7 miles
- Twerton Park Stadium 9.1 miles
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 9.3 miles
- Longleat Country house 9.9 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 10.2 miles
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 11 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 13 miles