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Chippenham works well as a base: 10 minutes from Lacock, 18km from Roman Baths, Bath.
Chippenham is in England, United Kingdom, with about 36,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Lacock, about 5 km away.
Chippenham is a market town and civil parish in north-west Wiltshire, England. It lies 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Bath, 86 miles (138 km) west of London and is near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town was established on a crossing of the River Avon, where some form of settlement is believedRead more
to have existed since before Roman times. It was a royal vill and probably a royal hunting lodge, under Alfred the Great. The town continued to grow when the Great Western Railway arrived in 1841. In 2021 the parish had a population of 36,548.
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Within an hour or so of Chippenham: Lacock Abbey (Hogwarts corridors and classrooms) (5 km), Lacock Village (Godric's Hollow) (5 km), Castle Combe Circuit (7 km), Castle Combe (8 km).
The nearest famous roads are A466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth), Cheddar Gorge Road (B3135) and Rhinefield Ornamental Drive.
Chippenham is in England, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Lacock.
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film location
The medieval cloisters of Lacock Abbey served as Hogwarts corridors, and its rooms as Professor Snape's Potions classroom and Professor Quirrell's Defence Against the Dark Arts room.
5 km · about 10 min drive
film location
The unspoilt National Trust village stood in for Godric's Hollow; 'Harry's parents' house' on Church Street appears in the Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows.
5 km · about 10 min drive
racetrack
A charming Wiltshire circuit in a picturesque Cotswolds village, one of England's oldest operational racing venues.
7 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
A film-set medieval village of honey cottages with no visible modern intrusions, often called England's prettiest village.
8 km · about 15 min drive
film location
Often called England's prettiest village; it was the seaside town of Puddleby in the 1967 Doctor Dolittle and appears in War Horse and Stardust.
8 km · about 15 min drive
ancient ruins
Remarkably preserved Roman bathing complex fed by Britain's only natural hot springs, surrounded by elegant Georgian architecture.
18 km · about 20 min drive
ancient ruins
Largest prehistoric stone circle in the world, enclosing an entire village and considered by many to be more atmospheric than Stonehenge.
19 km · about 20 min drive
ancient ruins
The largest artificial prehistoric mound in Europe, raised around 2400 BC beside the Avebury complex for reasons still unknown.
19 km · about 20 min drive
April to October
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