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Pewsham

Pewsham is an area in the south-east of the town of Chippenham on the A4 national route towards Calne in Wiltshire, England.

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The place

Pewsham is an area in the south-east of the town of Chippenham on the A4 national route towards Calne in Wiltshire, England.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Pewsham

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.

  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.

    3 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.

    2.1 km · monastery in Wiltshire, England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    3.2 km · Grade I listed building in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Chippenham Town Hall

    Chippenham Town Hall is a 19th-century municipal building in the High Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Chippenham Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

    3.4 km · town hall and arts venue complex in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Wiltshire College

    Wiltshire College & University Centre is a tertiary college of education founded in 2002 by the merger of Chippenham Technical College, Lackham College and Trowbridge College. Consolidation was completed with the merger of Salisbury College, which commenced in January 2008.

    3.5 km · college in Wiltshire, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Andrew

    St Andrew's Church of England parish church in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, is an Inclusive, Fairtrade and Eco Church, committed to showing God's love through welcome, service and inclusivity. It is one of four Anglican parish churches in the town, and serves the south and east of Chippenham.

    3.2 km · church in Chippenham, United Kingdom · 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 Pewsham

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 45 km · Cardiff (CWL), 88 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 112 km
Stations
Chippenham railway station, 3.6 km · Black Dog Halt railway station, 3.4 km · Stanley Bridge Halt railway station, 1.5 km
  • Bristol → Pewsham
    34 km · quickest by road, 59 min · £4–6
  • London → Pewsham
    137 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £15–19
  • Cardiff → Pewsham
    75 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £9–12
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Pewsham

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 Pewsham. 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

    100 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    183 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    502 km
  4. 04
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    520 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    539 km

If you know how people move in Pewsham – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Pewsham

Pewsham is 36 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.