Melksham is steadily gaining in popularity due to its ideal location on the A350, a main gateway to the magnificent Wiltshire countryside. It is loved by people enjoying walking or cycling along the lanes and byways of this beautiful county, visiting Wiltshire’s World Heritage sites and its stately homes and gardens such as Bowood, Longleat and Chalfield Manor, or perhaps walking along the excellenty restored Kennet & Avon canal system. It is the ideal satellite base for visitors seeking reasonable, inexpensive accommodation and good eating-out facilities; it is within easy travelling distance of the Georgian grandeur of the historic City of Bath, the beautiful villages of Lacock and Castle Combe and the splendour of the Cotswolds.