Upavon is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, sited on the banks of the River Avon in the Vale of Pewsey. It sits between the market towns of Marlborough and Devizes and lies close to the military training areas of Salisbury Plain, surrounded by characteristic chalk downland that makes the area popular for walking and riding.
The village is best known for the nearby RAF Upavon, an early military airfield established before the First World War that played a role in the development of military aviation. Today the local economy remains largely rural and agricultural, complemented by a small, active community with village amenities and a strong sense of local history shaped by both farming and the airfield’s heritage.
Postcode districts covering Upavon
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 19 miles30.6 km
- Salisbury 15.2 miles24.4 km
- Andover 14.5 miles23.3 km
- Trowbridge 17.9 miles28.8 km
- Chippenham 18.1 miles29.2 km
- Newbury 21.8 miles35 km
- Thatcham 24.3 miles39 km
- Melksham 15.6 miles25.2 km
- Melksham Without 15.5 miles25 km
- Devizes 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Warminster 18 miles29 km
- Calne 13.2 miles21.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Rushall Parish 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Charlton Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Enford Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- North Newnton Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Manningford Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Pewsey Vale West Ward 3 miles4.8 km
- Wilsford Parish 3 miles4.9 km
- Pewsey Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Everleigh Parish 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Fittleton cum Haxton Parish 3.5 miles5.7 km
- Woodborough Built-up area 3.6 miles5.9 km
- Netheravon Built-up area 3.9 miles6.2 km
Example postcodes in Upavon
SN9 6DT, SN9 6EB, SN9 6NB, SN9 6NF, SN9 6BS, SN9 6DZ, SN9 6DY, SN9 6DP, SN9 6FF … See all
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 30.4 miles49 km
- Bournemouth Airport 35.7 miles57.4 km
- Pewsey Railway Station 3.4 miles5.4 km
- Bedwyn Railway Station 10.2 miles16.4 km
Hotels near Upavon Ad
- The George Hotel, Amesbury, Wiltshire 8.5 miles13.6 km
- Castle Hotel 3 9.5 miles15.3 km
- Holiday Inn Salisbury - Stonehenge 4 8.3 miles13.4 km
- The Bear Hotel 3 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Castle and Ball by Greene King Inns 3 9 miles14.5 km
- Fairlawn House 8.5 miles13.6 km
- Gray Manor Hotel 3 9 miles14.5 km
- Antrobus Hotel 3 8.5 miles13.7 km
Local points of interest
- Wolf Hall Historic site 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 7.8 miles12.5 km
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 8.7 miles14.1 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 9.6 miles15.5 km
- Ramridge House Estate 11.8 miles19.1 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 15 miles24.2 km
- Burderop Park Estate 15.3 miles24.7 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 16.5 miles26.6 km
- Salisbury Racecourse Recreation 16.9 miles27.2 km