Melksham

Melksham is a small town in . 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.
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  • Town with about 18,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 130 feet (40 metres)
  • …is also known as “Melksham, Wiltshire”
  • Description: town on the River Avon in Wiltshire, England

Places of Interest

Highlights include Melksham railway station and St Michael’s Church, Melksham.
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is a railway station serving the town of Melksham in , England.
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St Michael's Church is the Church of England parish…
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The Ebenezer Chapel is a Baptist place of worship…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitley and Shaw.
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is a village in the civil parish…
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is a village in the civil parish of , , England.
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is a village near Melksham, , England, in the civil parish of .

Melksham

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Latitude
51.3726° or 51° 22′ 21″ north
Longitude
-2.1374° or 2° 8′ 15″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB MLH
Open location code
9C3V9VF7+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26243281
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2642786
Wiki­data ID
Q1235894

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Melksham” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مالكشم”
  • Armenian: “Միլքշեմ”
  • Asturian: “Melksham”
  • Basque: “Melksham”
  • Bengali: “মেল্কশ্যাম”
  • Cebuano: “Melksham”
  • Chinese: “梅克舍姆”
  • Chinese: “梅尔克舍姆”
  • Chinese: “梅爾克舍姆”
  • Chinese: “美斯咸”
  • Dutch: “Melksham”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مالكشم”
  • Esperanto: “Melksham”
  • French: “Melksham”
  • German: “Melksham”
  • Gujarati: “મેલ્કશામ”
  • Irish: “Melksham”
  • Italian: “Melksham”
  • Japanese: “メルクシャム”
  • Kannada: “ಮೆಲ್ಕ್ಸಮ್”
  • Korean: “멜크샴”
  • Ladin: “Melksham”
  • Latin: “Melksham”
  • Lithuanian: “Melkšemas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Melksham”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Melksham”
  • Persian: “ملکشام”
  • Polish: “Melksham”
  • Portuguese: “Melksham”
  • Romanian: “Melksham”
  • Russian: “Мелкшем”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ملکشام”
  • Spanish: “Melksham”
  • Swedish: “Melksham”
  • Tamil: “மேலக்சம்”
  • Telugu: “మెల్క్శమ్”
  • Turkish: “Melksham”
  • Ukrainian: “Мелкшам”
  • Urdu: “میلکشم”
  • Volapük: “Melksham”
  • Welsh: “Melksham”

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