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Royal Wootton Bassett
Market town in Wiltshire, England

Royal Wootton Bassett

Royal Wootton Bassett, formerly Wootton Bassett, is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, with a population of 13,570 at the 2021 census.

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In the north of the county, it lies 6 miles (10 km) to the west of the town of Swindon and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Calne.

Get in

Getting to Royal Wootton Bassett

There are regular bus services from Swindon, which has a major railway station with direct links to London Paddington, Bristol and Cardiff.

See

Worth seeing

  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.

Do

Things to do

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

Eat

Where to eat

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

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