Where to go
Corsham (1.5 miles)
Corsham is a historic market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. It is at the south-western edge of the Cotswolds, just off the A4 national route.
Corsham was historically a centre for agriculture and later, the wool industry, and remains a focus for quarrying Bath Stone. It contains several notable historic buildings, such as the stately home of Corsham Court.
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Lacock (6 miles)
Lacock is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, England, 3 miles (5 km) from the town of Chippenham. The village is owned almost in its entirety by the National Trust and attracts many visitors by virtue of its unspoiled appearance.
The parish includes Bowden Hill, a small village 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east of Lacock, and the hamlet of Notton, the same distance to the northwest.
Castle Combe (7 miles)
Castle Combe is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of the town of Chippenham.
The village has two parts: one is in the narrow valley of the By Brook, while Upper Castle Combe is on higher ground to the east, on the B4039 road which links Chippenham with Chipping Sodbury. A motor racing circuit is to the south of the upper village.
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Bradford-on-Avon (7.1 miles)
Bradford on Avon (sometimes Bradford-on-Avon) is a town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England, with a population of 9,402 at the 2011 census. The town's canal, historic buildings, shops, pubs and restaurants make it popular with tourists.
The history of the town can be traced back to Roman origins. It has several buildings dating from the 17th century, when the town grew due to the thriving English woollen textile industry.
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_on_Avon
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Bath (9.6 miles)
The world heritage city of bath is a short drive from Corsham and is serviced by frequent buses.
Bath has a diverse range of attractions, but is most famous for its Roman Baths, The Royal Crescent, Pulteney Bridge, the Jane Austen Museum, Bath Abbey and other splendid Regency architecture.
Bath also offers numerous activities, such as several theatres, the Bath spa, boating on the Avon, shopping, pitch and putt golf, the races and many more.
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Avebury (18.2 miles)
Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in southwest England. One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest stone circle in Europe.
It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary pagans.
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The Cotswolds
The Cotswolds is a rural area of south central England covering parts of 6 counties, notably Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Its rolling hills and grassland harbour thatched medieval villages, churches and stately homes built of distinctive local yellow limestone. The 102-mile Cotswold Way walking trail follows the Cotswold Edge escarpment from Bath in the south to Chipping Campden in the north.
