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Photo of Lacock, a village in Wiltshire, south west England.

Lacock© Michael Garlick / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Chippenham StationChippenham

39 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Cotswolds, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Cotswolds

National Landscape near Cirencester

Honey-coloured limestone villages scattered across rolling sheep country, and paths enough to link them all up

5.2 km W

Photo of Lacock Abbey, a Grade II registered house & garden in Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

Lacock Abbey

House & garden near Lacock

Where Fox Talbot made the world's oldest surviving photographic negative in 1835.

5.2 km S

Photo of Lacock, a village in Wiltshire, south west England.Iconic

Lacock

Village

National Trust-owned village of timbered and stone cottages with a medieval abbey and barn, kept free of modern clutter and much used on screen.

5.3 km S · Wiltshire

Photo of Corsham, a village in Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

Corsham

Village

Handsome former weaving town of golden Bath stone, with almshouses, an arcaded high street and peacocks roaming Corsham Court's park.

5.8 km SW · Wiltshire

Photo of The Methuen Arms, a gastropub near Corsham, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

The Methuen Arms

Gastropub · With rooms near Corsham

A Georgian coaching inn with rooms in a small Wiltshire market town, county winner in 2024.

6 km SW

Photo of Biddestone, a village in the Cotswolds, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

Biddestone

Village

Postcard Cotswold village around a green with a duck pond, ringed by Grade II listed stone cottages.

6.4 km W · Wiltshire

Photo along the Macmillan Way, a 290-mile long-distance path running from Boston to Abbotsbury, England.Highlight

Macmillan Way

Long-distance path

Boston to Abbotsbury down the limestone belt — 290 miles waymarked in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

7.2 km W · spans 10 counties

Photo of Castle Combe, a village in the Cotswolds, Wiltshire, south west England.Iconic

Castle Combe

Village

Honey-stone Cotswold village around a medieval market cross and packhorse bridge, often called England's prettiest and a favourite film location.

8.6 km NW · Wiltshire

Photo of the North Wessex Downs, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

North Wessex Downs

National Landscape near Hungerford

Rolling chalk downland above the Vale of the White Horse, threaded by one of Britain's oldest roads

9.7 km SE

Photo of Restaurant Hywel Jones at Lucknam Park, a restaurant near Colerne in the Cotswolds, Wiltshire, south west England.Highlight

Restaurant Hywel Jones at Lucknam Park

Restaurant · With rooms near Colerne

Palladian country-house hotel with rooms near Bath, long-held star and walled kitchen garden.

9.8 km W

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Corsham Court

House & garden near Corsham

An Elizabethan house of 1582 with a picture gallery and Capability Brown grounds.

4.8 km SW

Photo of St Cyriac's Church, Lacock, a church in Wiltshire, south west England.

St Cyriac's Church, Lacock

Church near Lacock

Handsome Perpendicular wool church in National Trust Lacock, with a fine Renaissance tomb chapel for the Sharington family.

5.2 km S

Bowood House and Gardens

House & garden near Sandy Lane

Robert Adam interiors in a Capability Brown park with lake, cascade and temple.

6.8 km SE

Photo of Sandy Lane, a village in Wiltshire, south west England.

Sandy Lane

Village

Tiny estate hamlet of chocolate-box thatched cottages, including a thatched-roof church, between Chippenham and Devizes.

7.2 km SE · Wiltshire

Slaughterford

Village

Secluded By Brook hamlet of Cotswold-stone cottages between Castle Combe and Box, with an old rag mill and a small church.

8.1 km W · Wiltshire

Bybrook at The Manor House

Restaurant · With rooms near Castle Combe

Fine dining at a manor-house hotel in one of England's prettiest villages.

8.8 km NW

Everything else within 10 km (23) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.