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Derry Hill & Studley

Derry Hill & Studley is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, covering the villages of Derry Hill, Studley and Sandy Lane and the hamlet of Pewsham, as well as the country house estate of Bowood.

The place

Derry Hill & Studley is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, covering the villages of Derry Hill, Studley and Sandy Lane and the hamlet of Pewsham, as well as the country house estate of Bowood. The parish lies immediately west of Calne and southeast of Chippenham. The parish of Calne Without was created in 1890; boundary changes effective from May 2025 reduced its size and renamed the remaining part as Derry Hill & Studley.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Derry Hill & Studley

4 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
    Bowood House

    Bowood is a Grade I listed Georgian country house in Wiltshire, England, that has been owned for more than 250 years by the Fitzmaurice family. The house, with interiors by Robert Adam, stands in extensive grounds which include a garden designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown.

    2 km · Grade I listed English country house in Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Stanley Abbey

    Stanley Abbey was a medieval abbey near Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, which flourished between 1151 and 1536.

    3.1 km · monastery in Wiltshire, England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Church of St Mary

    St Mary's Church is the main Anglican church in the town of Calne, Wiltshire, England. The church is large and cruciform, with a tall north tower; it stands in a triangular churchyard at the heart of the town.

    4 km · church in Calne, Wiltshire, England · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Town Hall

    Calne Town Hall is a municipal building in The Strand, Calne, Wiltshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Calne Town Council, is a grade II listed building.

    3.8 km · local government building in Calne, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Derry Hill & Studley

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 46 km · Cardiff (CWL), 89 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 111 km
Stations
Black Dog Halt railway station, 2.3 km · Stanley Bridge Halt railway station, 1.6 km
  • Bristol → Derry Hill & Studley
    38 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £5–6
  • London → Derry Hill & Studley
    134 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £14–19
  • Cardiff → Derry Hill & Studley
    78 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £10–13
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Derry Hill & Studley

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 Derry Hill & Studley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inEvery Easter, hundreds of canoeists set off from Devizes Wharf heading for the Thames at Westminster in the annual Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Race.

From Wikivoyage: Devizes, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    99 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    184 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    503 km
  4. 04
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    519 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    539 km

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Around it

Next door to Derry Hill & Studley

Derry Hill & Studley is 37 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Calnetown in Wiltshire, England, UK3.9 km
  • Bremhillvillage and civil parish in Wiltshire, United Kingdom2.8 km
  • Derry Hillvillage in Wiltshire, England, UK1.1 km
  • Pewshamvillage in Wiltshire, England, UK2.4 km
  • Sandy Lanevillage in Wiltshire, UK3.2 km
  • East Tythertonvillage in Wiltshire, United Kingdom3.7 km