Wilsford is a small, quietly rural parish in Wiltshire, set among the rolling chalk downland that characterises this part of southern England and lying on the edge of the broad, historically rich sweep of Salisbury Plain. The landscape is notable for its open fields, hedgerows and surviving pockets of chalk grassland, and the parish contains traces of ancient activity - earthworks and burial mounds are part of the local scene - reflecting a long agricultural history and a settlement pattern that dates back into the medieval period.
Today the community is small and largely agricultural, with farms and scattered homes making up most of the parish; there is also a modest number of residents who commute into larger towns for work. Local life revolves around village amenities, historic buildings and conservation of the surrounding countryside, and the area is valued for its tranquillity, walking routes and the strong sense of local continuity rather than any busy commercial centre.
Postcode districts covering Wilsford
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 18 miles28.9 km
- Bath 22.4 miles36.1 km
- Salisbury 16.7 miles26.8 km
- Andover 17.5 miles28.2 km
- Trowbridge 15.1 miles24.2 km
- Chippenham 15.2 miles24.4 km
- Newbury 24 miles38.5 km
- Frome 23.3 miles37.5 km
- Melksham 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Melksham Without 12.5 miles20.2 km
- Devizes 6.4 miles10.3 km
- Warminster 16.1 miles25.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Charlton Parish 1 mile1.6 km
- Marden Parish 1 mile1.6 km
- Beechingstoke Parish 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Pewsey Vale West Ward 1.2 miles1.9 km
- North Newnton Parish 1.3 miles2 km
- Chirton Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Woodborough Built-up area 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Rushall Parish 1.8 miles3 km
- Patney Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- Manningford Parish 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Stanton St. Bernard Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Alton Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
Example postcodes in Wilsford
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 33.2 miles53.4 km
- Bournemouth Airport 36.9 miles59.4 km
- Pewsey Railway Station 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Bedwyn Railway Station 12 miles19.3 km
Hotels near Wilsford Ad
- Castle Hotel 3 6.5 miles10.4 km
- The Bear Hotel 3 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Castle and Ball by Greene King Inns 3 9.1 miles14.6 km
Local points of interest
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 7 miles11.2 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 7.9 miles12.8 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Wolf Hall Historic site 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 9.4 miles15.2 km
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 9.6 miles15.4 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 10.3 miles16.6 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 12.1 miles19.4 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 14.2 miles22.9 km
- Burderop Park Estate 14.5 miles23.3 km
- Ramridge House Estate 14.9 miles23.9 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 15.8 miles25.4 km