Warminster East covers the eastern side of the market town of Warminster in Wiltshire, comprising largely suburban and residential neighbourhoods with local shops, schools and community facilities. The area sits close to the River Were and has easy access to the open landscape of Salisbury Plain, so residents enjoy a mix of town amenities and nearby countryside.
Historically tied to the wider market-town economy of Warminster, the ward reflects a varied social mix of families, commuters and older residents, with some local employment linked to nearby estates and military training areas. Good rail and road connections to places such as Bath and Salisbury and proximity to attractions like Longleat help shape its local character and economy.
Postcode districts covering Warminster East
Most populated places nearby
- Bath 14.8 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 23.3 miles
- Salisbury 18.1 miles
- Trowbridge 8.4 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 24.9 miles
- Chippenham 17.9 miles
- Frome 8.4 miles
- Melksham 12 miles
- Melksham Without 12 miles
- Devizes 13 miles
- Warminster 0.6 miles
- Calne 17.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Warminster Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Bishopstrow Parish 0.9 miles
- Warminster Broadway Ward 1.3 miles
- Warminster West Ward 1.3 miles
- Norton Bavant Parish 1.7 miles
- Crockerton Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Upton Scudamore Parish 2.1 miles
- Sutton Veny Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Longbridge Deverill Parish 2.3 miles
- Heytesbury Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Whitbourne Springs Built-up area 3 miles
- Warminster North & Rural Ward 3.2 miles
Example postcodes in Warminster East
BA12 8QS, BA12 9AX, BA12 9BW, BA12 9JF, BA12 9DQ, BA12 8PN, BA12 9LX, BA12 8PW, BA12 9HX … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 26.8 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 32.5 miles
- Warminster Railway Station 0.4 miles
- Dilton Marsh Railway Station 3.6 miles
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Schools in Warminster East
- Kingdown School Secondary
- New Close Primary School Primary
- St George's Catholic Primary School, Warminster Primary
- St John's C of E School Primary
- The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre Primary
Local points of interest
- Longleat Country house 4.7 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 7.8 miles
- Stourhead Estate 9.3 miles
- Fonthill Abbey Estate 9.4 miles
- King Alfred's Tower Historic site 10.5 miles
- Wardour Castle Estate 12.1 miles
- Wincanton Racecourse Recreation 14.2 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 14.8 miles
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 14.9 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 15.1 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 15.1 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 15.2 miles