Wylye Valley is a rural ward in Wiltshire hugging the chalk downland and the clear, spring-fed River Wylye. The landscape is classic chalk-stream country, with water meadows, rolling hills and a scattering of small villages and historic parish churches; the area also sits close to Salisbury Plain, so prehistoric earthworks and Bronze Age barrows are a frequent sight in the surrounding countryside.
Locally the economy is driven by agriculture - arable and sheep farming - alongside equestrian enterprises, small tourism businesses and a number of people who commute to Salisbury or Warminster. Community life tends to be village-centred, with active village halls, pubs and conservation groups working to protect the chalk-stream ecology and traditional built heritage.
Postcode districts covering Wylye Valley
Most populated places nearby
- Bath 18.3 miles29.5 km
- Salisbury 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Trowbridge 11.7 miles18.8 km
- Chippenham 20.6 miles33.2 km
- Frome 10.7 miles17.2 km
- Melksham 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Melksham Without 14.8 miles23.8 km
- Devizes 14.5 miles23.3 km
- Warminster 4 miles6.4 km
- Calne 19.9 miles32.1 km
- Calne Without 19.2 miles30.8 km
- Westbury 7.5 miles12.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Sutton Veny Built-up area 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Boyton Parish 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Heytesbury Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Upton Lovell Parish 2 miles3.3 km
- Norton Bavant Parish 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Knook Parish 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Bishopstrow Parish 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Brixton Deverill Parish 3 miles4.9 km
- Sherrington Parish 3.1 miles5 km
- Longbridge Deverill Parish 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Codford St. Peter Built-up area 3.3 miles5.4 km
- Chicklade Parish 3.3 miles5.4 km
Example postcodes in Wylye Valley
BA12 0JX, BA12 0HH, BA12 0NJ, BA12 7BJ, BA12 0JB, BA12 7PU, BA12 7AG, SP3 6TA, BA12 0ST … See all
Transport links
- Bournemouth Airport 29 miles46.7 km
- Bristol Airport 30 miles48.2 km
- Warminster Railway Station 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Dilton Marsh Railway Station 7.1 miles11.4 km
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Schools in Wylye Valley
- Crockerton C of E Primary School Primary
- Heytesbury C of E Primary School Primary
- Wylye Valley C of E Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Fonthill Abbey Estate 6.2 miles10 km
- Longleat Country house 6.8 miles11 km
- Wardour Castle Estate 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Stourhead Estate 9.3 miles14.9 km
- King Alfred's Tower Historic site 11 miles17.7 km
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 11 miles17.8 km
- Western Downs Hill 12.4 miles19.9 km
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 12.9 miles20.8 km
- Salisbury Racecourse Recreation 13.8 miles22.2 km
- Cranborne Chase Forest 13.8 miles22.3 km
- Wincanton Racecourse Recreation 14.3 miles23 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 14.7 miles23.6 km