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Calne
Town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England

Calne

Calne is a town and civil parish in Wiltshire, southwestern England, at the northwestern extremity of the North Wessex Downs hill range, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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Get in

Getting to Calne

Chippenham town centre is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) from Junction 17 of the M4, linking to Swindon, Reading and London to the East and Bristol and South Wales to the West. It lies on the A4 (linking to Bath in the West) and the A350 (linking to Warminster and the South coast).

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    Chippenham Railway Station

    On the Great Western mainline from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads, served by a half-hourly Intercity service (operated by First Great Western).

See

Worth seeing

Surrounding the town are many ancient villages, including Lacock, Castle Combe, Langley Burrell, Kington Langley, Derry Hill, Kington St Michael, Colerne, Yatton Keynell and Biddestone. There are also several manor houses and gardens nearby including Bowood Estate, Lacock Abbey, Sheldon Manor and Corsham Court, and the Castle Combe Circuit World Heritage Site of Bath, Stonehenge and Longleat are popular day trips.

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    Corsham Court

    The stately home can also be found in the town centre.

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    Lacock Abbey

    Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, near Chippenham SN15 2LG (4 miles S of Chippenham), lacockabbey@nationaltrust.org.uk.

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    Chippenham Museum

    9-10 Market Place, Chippenham SN15 3HF, heritage@chippenham.gov.uk.

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    Bowood House
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    The Cause
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    Biddestone

    Quaint and rather picturesque Cotswold village with dozens of historic houses.

Do

Things to do

Chippenham Folk Festival, The Cause Music and Arts Centre, 42, The Causeway SN15 3DD, info@chippfolk.co.uk. Over 200 events taking place within the town centre. The main ceilidh and concert events take place in the beautiful park alongside the river. The annual festival takes place in late May.

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    Baydons Wood
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    M4 Karting
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    Drive-Tech
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    Kids Combat Adventures
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    Chippenham Town FC

    Chippenham Town are a semi-professional football club who play in the sixth tier of English football, the National League South.

Eat

Where to eat

Chippenham has a small selection of fine local restaurants:

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    The Waverley

    A bar serving craft beers, cocktails and wines.

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    Cafe India

    Simple or spicy Indian food freshly prepared every day (order online).

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    La Passione

    29 New Rd, Chippenham SN15 1HZ,.

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    Prezzo

    57-58 New Rd, Chippenham SN15 1ES,.

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    The Raj

    18A Station Hill, Chippenham SN15 1EG, info@therajchippenham.co.uk.

How locals move

Getting around Calne the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: My another account (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.