Why visit Atworth
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks, 1 park or trail, 7 places to eat and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include Corsham Court, Great Chalfield Manor and Whitley Golf Club.
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About Atworth
Atworth is a village and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. The village is on the A365 between Melksham and Box, about 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Melksham and 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Bradford on Avon. The hamlet of Purlpit lies east of Atworth village, and in the south of the parish are the small village of Great Chalfield and the hamlet of Little Chalfield.
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Things to do1
Museums and landmarks2
Corsham Court
Museum · 3.0 mi
Grade I listed English country house in Wiltshire, England, UK
Great Chalfield Manor
Museum · 1.7 mi
Grade I listed English country house in Atworth, Wiltshire, England, UK
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes7
Spindles Bikes
Cafe · 1.0 mi
116 Top Lane, Whitley
Mo-Sa 09:00-17:00; Su 10:00-16:00
History
The present-day civil parish of Atworth was created in 1884 from four former parishes or tithings.
Atworth was a tithing in the northeast of the large ancient parish of Bradford on Avon. This land forms the northern half of the modern parish, with the Roman road from Silchester to Bath as its northern boundary.
A Roman villa (excavated in 1937 and 1971) was a short distance northwest of the present village of Atworth. Poplar Farmhouse is from the 15th century and Manor Farmhouse is from the early 18th century. At Church Farm the farmhouse is late 18th century, and a seven-bay barn which is probably 16th-century is Grade II* listed.
A clock tower was erected at the side of the Bath Road in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, and later served as the parish war memorial.
Great Chalfield (or East Chalfield), to the south of Atworth, was a separate parish until 1884. Great Chalfield Manor was built in the mid-15th century and is Grade I listed; nearby is a barn which is partly 17th-century and also Grade I listed.
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Little Chalfield (or West Chalfield) was a separate manor and, in the 14th and 15th centuries, a separate parish. There was a church or chapel, recorded in conveyances up to 1701, but then lost without trace. Little Chalfield became an extra-parochial area until the civil parish of Little Chalfield with Cottles was created in 1857. Little Chalfield Manor is from the early 19th century.
Cottles (or Atworth Cottles) was part of the ancient parish of Bradford, then became extra-parochial until 1857. There is no present-day settlement but the name continues in Cottles Wood and Cottles House, a 16th-century country house in limestone ashlar, occupied since 1939 by Stonar School.
From the History section of Atworth on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Geography
The South Brook, a small tributary of the Bristol Avon, passes close to Atworth and through Purlpit. Chalfield Brook, another tributary, passes both Chalfields and forms part of the southern boundary of the parish.
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Churches and places of worship8
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries5
Map of Atworth
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Getting there and nearby towns
Upavon Airfield (UPV) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 19 miles away.
- Melksham 3 mi southeast, about 4 min by car
- Holt 3 mi south, about 4 min by car
- Corsham 3 mi north, about 5 min by car
- Trowbridge 5 mi south, about 8 min by car
- Westwood 5 mi southwest, about 9 min by car
- Chippenham 6 mi northeast, about 9 min by car
- Limpley Stoke 6 mi southwest, about 10 min by car
- Bath 7 mi west, about 12 min by car
- Southwick 7 mi south, about 11 min by car
- Marshfield 7 mi northwest, about 12 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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Photo credits
- CorshamCourtFront, Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Great Chalfield Manor 12, Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0
- St. Michael & All Angels (13544583034), Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Shaw church, My another account at en.wikipedia, Public domain
- Pear Tree Inn, chris_debian, CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Clock Tower 2, Chris debian, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, chris_debian, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, chris_debian, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, chris_debian, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, chris_debian, CC BY-SA 4.0
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