I often thought of writing a book "within about an hour", describing some of the places to go and see within about an hour of where I live - indeed, that's much of the inspiration for the data on our share pages system which starts you at
Melksham
Truth be known - it doesn't need to be "within an hour" for most of the places I would list, as there's plenty to see and do
within half an hour such as...
National Trust and other grand houses and historic buildings
Great Chalfield and
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The Courts, Holt and
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Corsham Court and
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Lacock Abbey and
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Bowood and
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Longleat and
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Other places of interest - artifacts, relics etc
Maud Heath's Causeway and
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Avebury and Silbury Hill and
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Caen Hill Locks and
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Sandy Lane Church and
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Castle Combe and
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Stonehenge and
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Local towns within 30 minutes
Chippenham
Calne
Bradford on Avon
Trowbridge
Devizes
Westbury
Major cities / larger towns within an hour
Bath
Salisbury
Swindon
Bristol
Marlborough
Malmesbury (written 2006-08-11, updated 2013-02-23)
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles
M200 - Well House Manor - Wiltshire [942] Index of Pictures - (2006-11-24)
[946] Look around this mouth. - (2006-11-26)
[971] Wiltshire letterboxes - (2006-12-07)
[1106] Spring Pictures - (2007-03-11)
[1112] Bank Holiday country breaks in Melksham, Wiltshire - (2007-03-17)
[1129] Golfing, Wiltshire (near Melksham) - (2007-04-01)
[1156] Two by One by Wiltshire - (2007-04-20)
[1399] Pictures Framed - (2007-10-21)
[1428] Travel Across Wiltshire - the game - (2007-11-11)
[1521] Evening drive across the roof of Wiltshire - (2008-01-27)
[1859] Wiltshire at dawn - the tourist trail - (2008-10-29)
[1981] Bitter cold - (2009-01-07)
[2128] Wiltshire - where everybody matters - (2009-04-13)
[2176] Balloon Journey in Wiltshire - (2009-05-12)
[2279] Understanding the new local government structure in Wiltshire - (2009-07-11)
[2288] Wiltshire Community Area Partnerships - (2009-07-15)
[2411] Further North - long summer days and lovely countryside - (2009-09-19)
[2594] Melksham Area - your community view is sought - (2010-01-23)
[2713] History is all around us - (2010-04-09)
[2750] Views of Wessex - (2010-05-03)
[2882] Seeing Wiltshire - from a Melksham base - (2010-07-21)
[2888] Recent Pictures - (2010-07-27)
[2923] Fresh air and beautiful places in Wiltshire - (2010-08-15)
[3513] Olympic Torch - dates and places in Wiltshire in 2012 - (2011-11-08)
[3723] Bank Holiday Monday, so it was pouring with rain. - (2012-05-07)
[3729] Then and now pictures of Melksham - on show through the summer - (2012-05-11)
[3800] Fancy a weekend away? Try Well House Manor in Melksham, Wiltshire - (2012-07-09)
[3806] 2011 Census results - initial figures for Wiltshire. - (2012-07-17)
[3989] Plenty to see and do - even in Winter - on a Well House Manor weekend - (2013-01-24)
[4084] New Pictures - Melksham Pack Horse Bridge - (2013-05-12)
[4702] Up and down TransWilts - some pictures off the rails! - (2016-07-07)
G102 - Well House Consultants - Things to do in Melksham [5] Driving in the UK for new arrivals from the USA - (2004-08-07)
[51] Gym and swimming - Melksham Blue Pool - (2004-09-16)
[266] A beautiful place to live and learn - (2005-04-04)
[298] Sharing pictures of Wiltshire - (2005-05-02)
[305] Within about an hour - (2005-05-08)
[312] Maud Heath - (2005-05-15)
[325] Gone Racing - Larkhill, Wiltshire - (2005-05-26)
[329] the Stately Homes of England - (2005-05-29)
[342] The evening after the course - (2005-06-09)
[344] Walk in Bath - (2005-06-11)
[354] Ballooning from Bath - (2005-06-21)
[488] Looking for railway groups and users - Swindon, Salisbury, Southampton - (2005-11-06)
[500] Bowerhill, Melksham, 2006 Calendar - (2005-11-19)
[524] Santa comes to Melksham - (2005-12-11)
[670] Architectural Heritage - Devizes - (2006-04-04)
[929] Presenting Melksham - for a weekend away in Wiltshire - (2006-11-17)
[951] What happened at Geekmas - (2006-11-28)
[957] Improving the historic town of Melksham - (2006-11-30)
[977] Melksham and Norwich - (2006-12-10)
[989] Melksham Quiz - (2006-12-15)
[1330] While waiting for Melksham Post Office - (2007-09-02)
[1452] Santa on the train to Melksham - (2007-12-01)
[1894] Shopping in Melksham - (2008-11-19)
[1928] Melksham Oak Community School, Melksham, Wiltshire - (2008-12-07)
[2141] Town Crier competiton - (2009-04-25)
[2175] Melksham in pictures - (2009-05-11)
[2656] Melksham Carnival - (2010-02-28)
[2716] Melksham in Pictures - (2010-04-10)
[3062] Melksham Carnival - getting ready for 2011 - (2010-11-20)
[3229] Coincidence, or naturally repeating event? - (2011-04-03)
[3230] Whaddon - near us and yet so remote from us - (2011-04-03)
[3239] TrainWest, 2011 in pictures - Christie Miller, Bowerhill, Melksham - (2011-04-09)
[3284] What to do in the evening during a Tcl course - (2011-05-10)
[3531] Blowing our trumpet about Melksham - (2011-11-28)
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