Devizes is a traditional market town in Wiltshire, southwest England, set among the chalk downs and straddling the historic Kennet and Avon Canal. It’s perhaps best known for the dramatic flight at Caen Hill Locks, its Georgian streets and the ruins of a medieval castle, and it carries a strong market-town character with independent shops, cafes and canal-side life.
The town is home to the Wiltshire Museum, which houses important prehistoric finds from nearby Avebury and Stonehenge, and local industry includes the long-established Wadworth Brewery. Tourism, boating and walking are important to the local economy, and a lively programme of markets and community events keeps the social scene active.
Postcode districts covering Devizes
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 17.3 miles
- Bath 16.3 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 23.5 miles
- Salisbury 20.9 miles
- Andover 23.9 miles
- Trowbridge 9.5 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 21.3 miles
- Chippenham 9.2 miles
- Yate 22.8 miles
- Frome 19.3 miles
- Melksham 6.3 miles
- Melksham Without 6.2 miles
Neighbouring places
- Devizes North Ward 0.6 miles
- Devizes East Ward 0.7 miles
- Devizes South Ward 0.7 miles
- Rowde Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Potterne Built-up area 2 miles
- Stert Parish 2.2 miles
- Bromham, Rowde & Roundway Ward 2.4 miles
- Urchfont & Bishops Cannings Ward 2.4 miles
- Poulshot Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Bishops Cannings Parish 2.8 miles
- Etchilhampton Parish 2.8 miles
- Heddington Built-up area 3 miles
Example postcodes in Devizes
SN10 3EF, SN10 2FJ, SN10 1LR, SN10 2JQ, SN10 2DZ, SN10 5FQ, SN10 2FG, SN10 1XA, SN10 3SG … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 31.5 miles
- Southampton Airport 39.2 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 6.9 miles
- Chippenham Railway Station 9.2 miles
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Schools in Devizes
- Devizes School Secondary
- Downland School Special
- Nursteed Community Primary School Primary
- Southbroom Infants' School Primary
- Southbroom St James Academy Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Devizes Primary
- The Trinity C of E Primary Academy Primary
- Wansdyke School Primary
Local points of interest
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 6.1 miles
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 7.1 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 7.9 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 8.3 miles
- Hartham Country house 11.2 miles
- Savernake Forest Forest 13.4 miles
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 14 miles
- Wolf Hall Historic site 14.5 miles
- Burderop Park Estate 14.8 miles
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 14.8 miles
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 15.4 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 15.7 miles