West Kington
West Kington is a village in the civil parish of Nettleton, in Wiltshire, England.
West Kington is a village in the civil parish of Nettleton, in Wiltshire, England. The village lies in the steeply wooded valley of the Broadmead Brook, a source of the Bybrook River, and is close to the county boundary with Gloucestershire. It is 6 miles (10 km) southeast of the Gloucestershire market town of Chipping Sodbury. In 1931 the parish had a population of 225. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Nettleton.
The hamlet of West Kington Wick is 0.6 miles (0.97 km) southeast of the village at grid reference ST 8163 7665.
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Worth seeing in and around West Kington
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.
- 01Castle Combe Castle
Castle Combe Castle stood to the north of the village of Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. The castle was a medieval motte and bailey castle standing on a limestone spur overlooking the Bybrook River.
3 km · motte-and-bailey castle in Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St Andrew
St Andrew's is a parish church in Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England, built in the 13th century with additions in later centuries. It was restored due to structural concerns in the 19th century.
3.2 km · church in Castle Combe, UK · Wikipedia - 03Castle Combe Clock
The Castle Combe clock in St. Andrew's Church, Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England was probably made in the late 15th century.
3.2 km · clock in St. Andrew's Church, England · Wikipedia - 04The Manor House
The Manor House is a 17th-century country house hotel in Castle Combe, Wiltshire in the south of England.
3.1 km · hotel in Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to West Kington
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 33 km · Cardiff (CWL), 75 km · Birmingham (BHX), 113 km
- Cardiff → West Kington63 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · £7–10
- London → West Kington149 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £15–21
- Birmingham, West Midlands → West Kington113 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £13–17
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No local-transport research exists yet for West Kington
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 West Kington. 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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If you know how people move in West Kington – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to West Kington
West Kington is 23 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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