Corsham

Worth seeing in and around Corsham

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Lacock Abbey

   Lacock Abbey is a country house in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire, England. There was an abbey of nuns on the site until 1539, and the house is a remodelling and extension of the abbey's cloister court.

   5.2 km · abbey in Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Corsham Court

   Corsham Court is a 16th-century country house in a park designed by Capability Brown. It is in the town of Corsham, 3 miles west of Chippenham, Wiltshire, and is notable for its fine art collection, based on the nucleus of paintings inherited in 1757 by Paul Methuen from his uncle, Sir Paul Methuen, the diplomat.

   200 m · Grade I listed English country house in Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Church of St Thomas A Becket

   The Church of St. Thomas à Becket is the Church of England parish church of Box, Wiltshire, in south-west England.

   5.3 km · Grade I listed church in Box, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Sheldon Manor

   Sheldon Manor near Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, is Wiltshire's oldest inhabited manor house and dates back to Anglo-Saxon times. Its structure is mostly 17th-century, and it is a Grade I listed building.

   3.8 km · Grade I listed manor house in Chippenham Without, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Yelde Hall

   The Yelde Hall is a public facility in the Market Place, in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. The building, which was the meeting place of Chippenham Borough Council, is a Grade I listed building.

   5.6 km · Grade I listed building in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Cantax House

   Cantax House is a grade II* listed house in Cantax Hill, Lacock, Wiltshire, England. It dates from around 1700 and is of red brick with ashlar dressings and a hipped stone slate roof.

   4.7 km · house in Lacock, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   MoD Corsham

   MOD Corsham is a Ministry of Defence establishment located between the towns of Corsham and Box in Wiltshire, England. Since 1998 the site's principal activities concern British Armed Forces and MOD information and communications technology and information warfare.

   2.7 km · Ministry of Defence site in Wiltshire, England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Rudloe Manor

   Rudloe Manor is a 17th-century Grade II* listed manor house in Box parish, Wiltshire, England. The Manor stands at the top of Box Hill in Rudloe, on the western outskirts of Corsham, about 7 miles north-east of the city of Bath.

   3 km · manor house in Box, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Hazelbury Manor

   Hazelbury Manor is a Grade I listed manor house in the hamlet of Hazelbury, in the parish of Box, Wiltshire, England. Parts of the house date from the 15th century.

   4.3 km · Grade I listed manor house in Box, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Alexander House

    Alexander House is a Grade II* listed house at High Street, Corsham, in Wiltshire, England. It dates from the early eighteenth century and is ashlar fronted with stone tiled roofs.

    200 m · house in Corsham, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Surrounding the town are many ancient villages, including Lacock, Castle Combe, Langley Burrell, Kington Langley, Derry Hill, Kington St Michael, Colerne, Yatton Keynell and Biddestone. There are also several manor houses and gardens nearby including Bowood Estate, Lacock Abbey, Sheldon Manor and Corsham Court, and the Castle Combe Circuit World Heritage Site of Bath, Stonehenge and Longleat are popular day trips.

1. 01
   Corsham Court

   The stately home can also be found in the town centre.

2. 02
   Lacock Abbey

   Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, near Chippenham SN15 2LG (4 miles S of Chippenham), lacockabbey@nationaltrust.org.uk.

3. 03
   Chippenham Museum

   9-10 Market Place, Chippenham SN15 3HF, heritage@chippenham.gov.uk.

4. 04
   Bowood House
5. 05
   The Cause
6. 06
   Biddestone

   Quaint and rather picturesque Cotswold village with dozens of historic houses.

From Wikivoyage: Corsham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Chippenham Folk Festival, The Cause Music and Arts Centre, 42, The Causeway SN15 3DD, info@chippfolk.co.uk. Over 200 events taking place within the town centre. The main ceilidh and concert events take place in the beautiful park alongside the river. The annual festival takes place in late May.

1. 01
   Baydons Wood
2. 02
   M4 Karting
3. 03
   Drive-Tech
4. 04
   Kids Combat Adventures
5. 05
   Chippenham Town FC

   Chippenham Town are a semi-professional football club who play in the sixth tier of English football, the National League South.

From Wikivoyage: Corsham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Chippenham has a small selection of fine local restaurants:

1. 01
   The Waverley

   A bar serving craft beers, cocktails and wines.

2. 02
   Cafe India

   Simple or spicy Indian food freshly prepared every day (order online).

3. 03
   La Passione

   29 New Rd, Chippenham SN15 1HZ,.

4. 04
   Prezzo

   57-58 New Rd, Chippenham SN15 1ES,.

5. 05
   The Raj

   18A Station Hill, Chippenham SN15 1EG, info@therajchippenham.co.uk.

From Wikivoyage: Corsham, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Corsham

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 37 km · Cardiff (CWL), 80 km · Birmingham (BHX), 117 km

Stations

Chippenham railway station, 5.8 km · Corsham railway station, 1 km

• Cardiff → Corsham

  69 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · £8–11
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• London → Corsham

  143 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £15–20
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Corsham

  118 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · £13–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for Corsham

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Corsham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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