Royal Wootton Bassett

Worth seeing in and around Royal Wootton Bassett

5 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
   Bincknoll Castle

   Bincknoll Castle, or Bincknoll Camp, is the site of a possible Iron Age univallate hillfort in Wiltshire, England. The site lies on the end of a triangular promontory on the escarpment beneath the Ridgeway to the south.

   5.2 km · site of a possible Iron Age univallate hillfort located in Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Lydiard Park

   Lydiard Park is a 260-acre country park at Lydiard Tregoze, which was its former name, about 3 miles west of central Swindon, Wiltshire, England, in West Swindon parish, near Junction 16 of the M4 motorway. The park, which is included on the Historic England Register of Historic Parks and Gardens at Grade II, surrounds the Grade I listed Lydiard House, a mansion built in the 17th and 18th centuries.

   3.9 km · country park in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St Mary's Church, Purton

   St Mary's Church in the village of Purton in north Wiltshire, England, is an active Church of England parish church in the Diocese of Bristol. A large building begun in the 13th century and one of only three churches in England to have both a western tower and a central spire, it has been designated as a Grade I listed building by English Heritage.

   5.6 km · Grade I listed church in Purton, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Wootton Bassett Museum

   Wootton Bassett Museum is a local museum in the market town of Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England. It is housed in the town hall which is a Grade II listed building.

   100 m · municipal building in Wootten Bassett, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Church of St Peter, Clyffe Pypard

   The Church of St Peter, Clyffe Pypard, Wiltshire is a parish church of the Diocese of Salisbury, England. It dates from the 13th and 15th centuries, and was restored by William Butterfield in 1860 and 1873–1874.

   5.5 km · church in Clyffe Pypard, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Wootton Bassett Museum

   Local historic museum housed in a former town hall.

2. 02
   Jubilee Lake

   Nature reserve, with play park and public toilets.The Jubilee Lake Cafe.

From Wikivoyage: Royal Wootton Bassett, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Royal Wootton Bassett Arts Festival. The annual festival of music, drama and art is held in June.

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Where to eat

RWB boasts a number of good restaurants, including Indian, Chinese, Greek, Turkish and British pub-style eateries.

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Getting to Royal Wootton Bassett

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 59 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 100 km · Cardiff (CWL), 101 km

Stations

Wootton Bassett Junction railway station, 800 m

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  123 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £12–16
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  89 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · £10–14
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