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Where to go within 30 minutes of Melksham Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2006-08-11 23:51:49 - Graham Ellis
I often thought of writing a book "within about an hour", describing some of the places to go and see within about an hour of where I live - indeed, that's much of the inspiration for the data on our share pages system which starts you at Melksham
Truth be known - it doesn't need to be "within an hour" for most of the places I would list, as there's plenty to see and do within half an hour such as...
National Trust and other grand houses and historic buildings
Great Chalfield and external link
The Courts, Holt and external link
Corsham Court and external link
Lacock Abbey and external link
Bowood and external link
Longleat and external link
Other places of interest - artifacts, relics etc
Maud Heath's Causeway and external link
Avebury and Silbury Hill and external link
Caen Hill Locks and external link
Sandy Lane Church and external link
Castle Combe and external link
Stonehenge and external link
Local towns within 30 minutes
Chippenham
Calne
Bradford on Avon
Trowbridge
Devizes
Westbury
Major cities / larger towns within an hour
Bath
Salisbury
Swindon
Bristol
Marlborough
Malmesbury
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