Winsley in Wiltshire is a small village set on the slopes above the Avon valley, about two miles west of Bradford on Avon and a short drive from Bath. Its position above the River Avon and the Kennet and Avon Canal gives it a picturesque, walked-over landscape of towpaths, footpaths and limestone outcrops, with the canal and railway running through the valley below.
Historically the village grew around local stone-quarrying and small mill and textile activity in the 18th and 19th centuries, and many older Bath-stone cottages survive alongside later housing. Today Winsley is largely a commuter village for Bath and Trowbridge, but retains a strong community feel with local pubs, a primary school and active conservation groups that help protect its rural character and popular walking routes.
Postcode districts covering Winsley
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 15.5 miles
- Bath 3.9 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 12.4 miles
- Trowbridge 4.1 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 13.7 miles
- Chippenham 10.7 miles
- Yate 14.7 miles
- Frome 10.7 miles
- Portishead 23 miles
- Nailsea 21 miles
- Melksham 7.1 miles
- Melksham Without 7.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Winsley & Westwood Ward 0.5 miles
- Limpley Stoke Built-up area 0.9 miles
- Westwood Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Freshford Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Bradford-on-Avon North Ward 1.7 miles
- Monkton Combe Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Bradford-on-Avon Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Claverton Parish 1.8 miles
- Bradford-on-Avon South Ward 1.9 miles
- Hinton Charterhouse Parish 2.1 miles
- Combe Down Ward 2.5 miles
- Monkton Farleigh Parish 2.7 miles
Example postcodes in Winsley
BA15 2LP, BA15 2HR, BA15 2NW, BA15 2JP, BA15 2HW, BA15 2LB, BA15 2HF, BA15 2JY, BA15 2HQ … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 18.6 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 43.8 miles
- Freshford Railway Station 0.6 miles
- Avoncliff Railway Station 0.7 miles
Hotels near Winsley Ad
- Homewood Hotel & Spa 4 1.4 miles
- The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa 5 4.3 miles
- Francis Hotel Bath 4 4 miles
- Eight 3.7 miles
- The Queensberry Hotel 4 4.1 miles
- Woolley Grange - A Luxury Family Hotel 4 2.5 miles
- The Gainsborough Bath Spa 5 3.8 miles
- Apex City of Bath Hotel 4 3.9 miles
- Hotel Indigo - Bath 4 3.6 miles
- Dukes Bath 4 3.7 miles
Schools in Winsley
- Winsley CoE VC Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Roman Baths Historic site 3.8 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 4 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 4 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 4.1 miles
- Twerton Park Stadium 5 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 6.1 miles
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 7.1 miles
- Hartham Country house 8 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 9.8 miles
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 11.1 miles
- Longleat Country house 11.1 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 11.2 miles