The Shoe
The Shoe is a small hamlet in the parish of North Wraxall, in the north-west of Wiltshire in England.
The Shoe is a small hamlet in the parish of North Wraxall, in the north-west of Wiltshire in England. It lies at the junction of the Fosse Way and the A420. The settlement is named after the former inn, The Horse-shoe. Ordnance Survey maps show a smithy. Earlier maps show the smithy on the south side of the A420 road, while later maps show one on the north side of the road. The Shoe is about 7 miles (11 km) west of Chippenham and the same distance northeast of Bath.
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Getting to The Shoe
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 32 km · Cardiff (CWL), 74 km · Birmingham (BHX), 116 km
- Stations
- Colerne Airfield, 3.2 km
- Cardiff → The Shoe63 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £7–10
- London → The Shoe6204 km · quickest by air, 15h 22m · £820–1,270
- Birmingham, West Midlands → The Shoe116 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £13–17
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for The Shoe
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 The Shoe. 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.
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Next door to The Shoe
The Shoe is 22 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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