Melksham
Melksham is a small town in Wiltshire. It is not most people's idea of a tourist destination. Originally an Anglo-Saxon settlement Melksham became one of Wiltshire's industrial towns and grew on the back of the Avon rubber factory.Places of Interest
Highlights include Melksham railway station and St Michael’s Church, Melksham.
Melksham railway station
Railway station
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Melksham railway station serves the town of Melksham in Wiltshire, England. It is 100 miles 13 chains from London Paddington, on the TransWilts Line between Chippenham and Trowbridge.
St Michael’s Church, Melksham
Church
Photo: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael's Church is the Church of England parish church in the town of Melksham, Wiltshire, England. The church stands some 200 metres northwest of the town's marketplace.
Ebenezer Chapel, Melksham
Church
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The Ebenezer Chapel is a Baptist place of worship in the town of Melksham in the English county of Wiltshire. The chapel was built in 1835. It has been a Grade II listed building since 1985.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitley and Shaw.
Whitley
Village
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Whitley is a village in the civil parish of Melksham Without, Wiltshire, England, which had a population of 1,914 at the 2011 census. The village lies about 2 miles northwest of Melksham on the B3353 Shaw to Corsham road.
Shaw
Village
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Shaw is a village in the civil parish of Melksham Without, Wiltshire, England. It is about 1.7 miles northwest of Melksham on the A365 Melksham to Box road, where the B3353 diverges to Corsham.
Melksham
- Type: Locality
- Location: Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.376° or 51° 22′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.1369° or 2° 8′ 13″ westElevation
125 feet (38 metres)Open location code
9C3V9VG7+96GeoNames ID
7299355
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