Great Chalfield
Great Chalfield, also sometimes called by its Latin name of Chalfield Magna, formerly East Chalfield and anciently Much Chaldefield, is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Atworth, in west Wiltshire, England.
Great Chalfield, also sometimes called by its Latin name of Chalfield Magna, formerly East Chalfield and anciently Much Chaldefield, is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Atworth, in west Wiltshire, England. Its nearest towns are Melksham, about 3 miles (4.8 km) away to the northeast, and Bradford-on-Avon, at about the same distance to the southwest.
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Worth seeing in and around Great Chalfield
6 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.
- 01Great Chalfield Manor
Great Chalfield Manor is an English country house at Great Chalfield, about 2.5 miles northeast of the town of Bradford on Avon in the west of the county of Wiltshire.
100 m · Grade I listed English country house in Atworth, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Christ Church, Bradford-on-Avon
The Anglican Christ Church is in the northern Hillside Terraces district of Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England. It is in the Bradford Deanery of the Diocese of Salisbury.
3.8 km · church in Bradford on Avon, UK · Wikipedia - 03Monkton House
Monkton House in Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire, England is a Grade II* listed 16th-century house.
2.5 km · house in Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04The Hall
The Hall, at times known as Kingston House and The Duke's House, is a Grade I listed Jacobean mansion in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England.
3.9 km · Grade I listed building in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Gifford Hall
Gifford Hall is a Grade II* listed house on the Common at Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire, England. It dates from around 1700 and is limestone ashlar with a hipped stone slate roof with stone stacks.
1.8 km · grade II* listed house · Wikipedia - 06South Wraxall Manor
South Wraxall Manor is a Grade I listed country house which dates from the early 15th century, at South Wraxall in the English county of Wiltshire, about 3 miles north of Bradford on Avon. According to popular legend, the house was the first place tobacco was smoked in England, by Sir Walter Long and his friend Sir Walter Raleigh.
3.5 km · Grade I listed manor house in South Wraxall, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Great Chalfield
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 36 km · Cardiff (CWL), 79 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 121 km
- Cardiff → Great Chalfield69 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £9–12
- London → Great Chalfield145 km · quickest by road, 3h · £16–21
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Great Chalfield126 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · £15–21
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No local-transport research exists yet for Great Chalfield
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 Great Chalfield. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextBristol — with its many attractions situated around the floating harbour and Avon Gorge, is 12 miles drive or 15 minutes train journey away, and makes an excellent day trip from Bath.
From Wikivoyage: Bath, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Great Chalfield
Great Chalfield is 29 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Holtvillage and civil parish in Wiltshire, UK1.5 km
- Broughton Giffordvillage in Wiltshire, England, UK2.2 km
- Stavertonvillage and civil parish in Wiltshire, United Kingdom2.7 km
- Atworthvillage and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, UK2.8 km
- South Wraxallvillage in Wiltshire, England, UK3.2 km
- Shawvillage in Wiltshire, United Kingdom3.7 km