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Corsham works well as a base: 10 minutes from Whitley, 14km from Roman Baths, Bath.
Corsham is in England, United Kingdom, with about 13,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Whitley, about 5 km away.
Corsham is a historic market town and civil parish in west Wiltshire, England. It is at the southwestern edge of the Cotswolds, just off the A4 national route. It is 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Swindon, 20 miles (32 km) east of Bristol, 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Bath, and 4 miles (6 km) southwest ofRead more
Chippenham.
Historically, Corsham was a centre for agriculture and later, the wool industry, and remains a focus for quarrying Bath Stone. It has several notable historic buildings, including the stately home of Corsham Court. During the Second World War and the Cold War, it became a major administrative and manufacturing centre for the Ministry of Defence, with numerous establishments both above ground and in disused quarry and mine tunnels.
The parish includes the villages of Gastard and Neston, which is at the gates of the Neston Park estate.
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Within an hour or so of Corsham: Lacock Abbey (Hogwarts corridors and classrooms) (5 km), Lacock Village (Godric's Hollow) (5 km), Castle Combe Circuit (7 km), Castle Combe (7 km).
The nearest famous roads are Cheddar Gorge Road (B3135), A466 Wye Valley (Chepstow to Monmouth) and Rhinefield Ornamental Drive.
Corsham is in England, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Whitley.
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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.
7 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.
7 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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
The oldest of Wiltshire's chalk horses, cut into the escarpment below the Iron Age hillfort of Bratton Camp.
19 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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
April to October
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