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Chippenham is a market town in Wiltshire, UK, located at grid reference ST919733, some 21 km (13 miles) east of Bath and 163 km (96 miles) west of London. Image File history File links Dot4gb. ...
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Statistics Population: 84,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST745645 Administration District: Bath and North East Somerset Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Somerset Historic county: Somerset Services Police force: Avon and Somerset Fire and rescue: Avon Ambulance: South Western Post office...
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Chippenham is set on a prominent crossing of the River Avon and lies between the Marlborough Downs to the East, the Cotswolds to the North and West and Salisbury Plain to the South. Surrounding the Town are a number of stone-built villages, including Lacock (National Trust), Biddestone, Bremhill and Castle Combe. The great house and art treasures of Longleat, Bowood House, Lacock Abbey, Sheldon Manor and Corsham Court are within easy reach. Image File history File links Highstchipp. ...
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The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge The River Avon is a river in the south west of England. ...
Marlborough on a Wednesday Market morning The town-centre of Marlborough Marlborough (pronounced Maulbruh - /ˈmÉ”Ëlbɹə/ in IPA) is a market town in the English county of Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road, the old main road from London to Bath. ...
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The High Street of Lacock Lacock is a village in Wiltshire, England, three miles from the town of Chippenham. ...
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Biddestone is a small, rural and rather picturesque village in north west Wiltshire, England, with a population of a few hundred. ...
Bremhill is a village located between Calne and Chippenham in Wiltshire Categories: | ...
Castle Combe is a small village in Wiltshire, England, with a population of about 350. ...
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Bowood House from Morriss County Seats (1880). ...
Lacock Abbey Lacock Abbey in the village of Lacock, Wiltshire, England, was founded in the early 13th century by Ela, Countess of Salisbury, as a monastery of the Augustinian order. ...
Corsham Court is a country house, with park designed by Capability Brown, located 5 km west of Chippenham, Wiltshire, in England. ...
The town is 7 km (4 miles) south of the M4 motorway, giving easy access to Bristol, Swindon, South Wales and London. The A4 coach road from London provides an alternative route to Bristol via Bath, and the A420 and B4069 bring you to Bristol and Oxford. The M4 motorway is a motorway in England and Wales linking London and west Wales via Bristol. ...
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Statistics Population: 84,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST745645 Administration District: Bath and North East Somerset Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Somerset Historic county: Somerset Services Police force: Avon and Somerset Fire and rescue: Avon Ambulance: South Western Post office...
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Chippenham railway station is on the main line rail route from London Paddington to the West Country and is famous for its railway arches and other buildings created by Isambard Kingdom Brunel when he built the Great Western Railway. Bus services to Bath, Calne, Devizes, Trowbridge and Swindon are available. Chippenham railway station is the railway station serving Chippenham in Wiltshire. ...
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Brunel before the launching of the Great Eastern. ...
The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ...
Calne is a town located in central Wiltshire, in the South West England region of the United Kingdom. ...
Arms of Devizes Devizes is a town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. ...
Location within the British Isles Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England. ...
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There is a periphery road (the A4 national route) outlining the southern half of the town. However, it is thought that a bypass linking the A4 at Pewsham and the A350 north of Cepen Park (ie, an eastern bypass) is now necessary to avoid ever-increasing congestion and to cut 5 km (3 miles) off journeys for those travelling to the M4 motorway at junction 17 from the south and east of the town and from nearby Calne. Calne is a town located in central Wiltshire, in the South West England region of the United Kingdom. ...
The town is bypassed to the west by the A350, which links the M4 motorway with Chippenham and nearby towns to the south, such as Melksham and Trowbridge. Again, this road had become increasingly congested over recent years (during rush-hours it resembles a car-park),and there have been calls to expand the road to dual-carriageway status, as there is certainly the space to do this. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...
Location within the British Isles Trowbridge is the county town of Wiltshire, England. ...
National Coach services connect at Chippenham to London, Wales, the South West, Midlands and East Anglia. Cross town mini bus services plus additional local services linking neighbouring villages to the town are provided by a number of private operators. This article is about the country. ...
Early history The town was believed to have been founded by Saxons around 600. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the town as Cippanhamme and this could refer to Cippa, who settled here with his folk, or Cheppeham (the Saxon for trading and a market). Hamme is a piece of low ground enclosed in a bend of a river. Map showing the Saxons homeland in traditional region bounded by the three rivers: Weser, Eider, and Elbe Src: Freemans Historical Geographys. The Saxons or Saxon people are (nowadays) part of the German people with its main areas of settlements in the German States of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Saxony...
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals narrating the history of the Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in Great Britain. ...
In AD 853, Ethelswitha (sister to Alfred The Great) married the King of Mercia in Chippenham. Alfred was then a boy of four and the wedding was held on the site of St. Andrew's Church. Alfred spent much time at Chippenham, and had a hunting lodge there. Alfred (Old English: Ælfrēd) (c. ...
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Chippenham was successfully besieged by Danish Vikings in 878, though Alfred escaped. Later that year Alfred decisively defeated the Danes at the Battle of Edington, whose forces then surrendered to Alfred at Chippenham (ushering in the establishment of the Danelaw). The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, Europe and the British Isles from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the Viking Age. ...
The Battle of Edington (May 878) was a battle which took place near Edington in the county of Wiltshire in the south-west of England. ...
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The Domesday Book listed Chippenham as Cepen, with a population of 600-700 people. A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ...
Chippenham encompasses the deserted medieval village of Sheldon, devasted by plague. All that remains today is Sheldon Manor, Wiltshire's oldest inhabited manor house (dating from 1282). The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ...
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In 1812 Sir Robert Peel became the Member of Parliament for Chippenham. This article is about the British Prime Minister. ...
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Chippenham today Its population has grown rapidly in recent years to 33,189 (2001 census), an increase of 28% from the 1991 figure of 25,961. This rapid expansion can be attributed to the development of large housing developments (indeed, entirely new suburbs) such as the vast Cepen Park district to the west of the town, and the Pewsham development to the east (Pewsham is also the name of a small village just to the east of Chippenham), and further housing developments are currently progressing. Chippenham's population in 2006 was estimated at approximately 35,000 inhabitants. The town is within the North Wiltshire local government district. North Wiltshire District Council is based here. Its parliamentary constituency is also North Wiltshire, though at the end of the 2005 parliament (around 2009) it will be in the new Chippenham constituency. Image File history File links British_Railways_Western_Region_station_totem_for_Chippenham. ...
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The River Avon runs through Chippenham, going near the centre of the town, spanned by a modern bridge with aqua-coloured modern railings. The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge The River Avon is a river in the south west of England. ...
The largest employer in the town appears to be a part of Westinghouse, now a part of Invensys, who are quite busy with railway signalling work, as they have been for many years. Parts of their site are now occupied by a diverse range of other companies. There are a number of other industrial sites around the town. In 2005, Europe's second largest logistics organisation, Wincanton PLC, consolidated its head office operations and moved to the newly-developed Methuen Park office development in west Chippenham, where it employs around 350 people. Westinghouse logo (designed by Paul Rand) The Westinghouse Electric Company, headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, is an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886. ...
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The main street in town is pedestrianised by day, and car parking is available at several sites around the centre. Short-term parking is free in car parks around the town centre. There are several pleasant cafes and other eating establishments, and several riverside walks. There is also a nightlife scene, with the New Inn, The Rose and Crown and Buds 2000 being late-night venues, although many people travel to Bath, 21 km (13 miles) to the west. The South Wales border at Chepstow is only around 35 - 40 minutes drive away on a clear run. Statistics Population: 84,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST745645 Administration District: Bath and North East Somerset Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Somerset Historic county: Somerset Services Police force: Avon and Somerset Fire and rescue: Avon Ambulance: South Western Post office...
The Severn and Thames cycle route (part of Route 4) of the Sustrans National Cycle Network passes through the town. Chippenham is surrounded by sparse countryside and there are several woodlands in or in close proximity to the town, for example, Bird's Marsh, Vincients Wood and Briars Wood. Sustrans is a British engineering charity which promotes sustainable transport. ...
The first section of the NCN to be built was the Bristol and Bath Railway Path, opened in 1984. ...
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Limber Pine woodland, Toiyabe Range, central Nevada Biologically, a woodland is a treed area differentiated from a forest. ...
Birds Marsh is a large woodland, approximately 24 hectares in size, outside the town of Chippenham, Wiltshire in England. ...
Vincients Wood is a small nature reserve, an area of semi-natural broadleaved woodland located on the far west of the town of Chippenham, Wiltshire. ...
There is not much tourist accommodation actually in Chippenham, but some within a few miles, particularly along the A4 Bath Road through Corsham and Box, or on several local farms. The A4 at Hotwells in Bristol The A4 crosses Picadilly Circus in central London The A4 is a major road in England, also known as the Great West Road. ...
Statistics Population: 84,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST745645 Administration District: Bath and North East Somerset Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Somerset Historic county: Somerset Services Police force: Avon and Somerset Fire and rescue: Avon Ambulance: South Western Post office...
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Box is a village located in Wiltshire, England, about five miles from Bath and six miles from Chippenham. ...
Shopping and Commercial life The pedestrianised High Street and Market Place contain a number of important nationals, including Wilkinsons, Boots The Chemist, W.H. Smith, Birthdays, Woolworths, Superdrug, Burton Menswear, Millets, Rosebys and Vodafone. // About Woolworths Group plc is a general merchandise business in the United Kingdom. ...
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The enclosed Emery Gate Shopping Centre and open air Borough Parade Shopping Centre lie on either side of the High Street and include Peacocks, Currys.digital, Somerfield Food Store, Dorothy Perkins, Select, Robert Dyas, Pink Planet, Argos, New Look, Evans, Specsavers, Waterstones, Thorntons @ Signature and The Bodyshop.
Hathaway Retail Park includes Homebase, Halfords, Carpet Right, Blockbuster Video and a Tesco Express store.
The Causeway, New Road, Station Hill and the Upper Market Place offer a wealth of independent shops and businesses, such as The Cellar Gallery, Beauty For Everyone, The China Bowl, Noteworthy Music, Amelia Classics and Edward & Alan.
Bumpers Farm Industrial Estate, just off of the by-pass, is home to many businesses of all sizes, including The Land Rover Orphanage, Multiquip, Blade, Chippenham Accident Repairs, Bathwick Tyres, LF Windows, Avon Rubber and Norman E Webb.
Larger superstores such as Sainsbury's, Morrisons, B&Q, Homebase, Halfords, Focus and Currys are located on the edge of town, as are McDonalds, Pizza Hut and Burger King. McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants [1]. Although McDonalds did not invent the hamburger or fast food, its name has become nearly synonymous with both. ...
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Chippenham is also home to a large number of established Wiltshire businesses, as well as a full complement of banks, building societies, estate agents, travel agents, solicitors, accountants, doctors, dentists, opticians, garages, hotels, restaurants and pubs as would be expected in any thriving market town.
In recent times there has been a visible increase in shops closing down in the area, such as Littlewoods, many of these shops have been replaced by mobile phone stores and at present in the town centre you will find: Phones4u, Vodafone, Carphone Warehouse, O2, Communications Centre and T-Mobile. Of all the shops in the high street and nearby alleys there are very few independent stores as franchises dominate.
Chippenham as a Market Town Chippenham’s vibrant and colourful street markets are held on Fridays and Saturdays in the Market Place. The market offers a wealth of traditional and modern stalls, offering a variety of items from locally grown produce, cheese, fresh meats, fish, olives, bread and cakes, plants and flowers through to stone ornaments, ladies fashions, underwear, cosmetics, shoes, Christian books, tapes and CDs, mobile phones, new age items, jewellery, and clocks and watches. New Age describes a broad movement characterized by alternative approaches to traditional Western culture. ...
The Chippenham Farmers’ Market is held fortnightly in the Market Place. Local growers and suppliers offer a variety of homegrown organic vegetables, fresh fish, a wide range of meats, homemade fruit pies, sweets, pastries, cheese, eggs, chutneys, pickles and preserves, fruit juices, wine and liquers. The Farmers’ Market offers local produce from local producers, with no factory farming or excessive packaging. The producers are on hand to answer your questions. The original Cattle Market, closed down in 2004, is now being redeveloped by Linden Homes Western Limited as one of the UK's largest eco-housing projects.
Sport & Leisure Chippenham is well served with sports clubs and leisure facilities. The Olympiad Centre caters for a wide range of interests and has a variety of swimming pools and full gym facilities. It also plays host to many events including the popular annual CAMRA beer festival. Chippenham Sports Club comprises cricket, bowls, tennis and hockey sections and is situated on the Bristol Road adjacent to Chippenham Town F.C.[1]. Chippenham Rugby Club is on the western outskirts next to the A350 bypass [www.chippenhamrfc.co.uk]. There is also a small cinema on the western edge of the town centre. However, Chippenham has been identified as a perfect location for a future major multiplex complex as it is central to an area covering the towns of Trowbridge, Calne, Melksham, Corsham and Malmesbury which are all devoid of cinemas, the alternative being to travel to congested Bath or further-afield Swindon. Chippenham Town is a football club currently playing in the Southern League. ...
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Chippenham Folk Festival Chippenham Folk Festival takes place every year, usually from the 26th till the 30th of May. Although it has seen many changes since its beginnings in Lacock all those years ago, it still retains its 'village' atmosphere, providing three and a half days packed with song, dance, workshops and dance displays. Over 200 events take place within the town centre, turning the whole town into a giant party, where everyone must wear silly hats (silly hats only "rules" apply townwide) and rubbish party snacks are suspended in bowls from the streetlights. The main ceilidh and concert events take place in the beautiful park alongside the river, while practically every pub and venue in the town is used for a vast range of sessions, workshops and smaller concerts and dances. There is also a full program of children's events, a large craft marquee, catering facilities and an open air arena in the park. The High Street and historic Market Square are both pedestrianised, and are used throughout the weekend for busking, street theatre and processions. A huge street fair also takes place on the Monday. The event is featured on programming on the town's own Chippenham Hospital Radio. Image File history File links Folk. ...
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Suburbs Cepen Park (North & South), Pew Hill, Monkton Park, Pewsham, Frogwell, Hardenhuish, Rowden Hill, Derriads, Lowden, The Folly, Redlands, Larkham
Twinning Chippenham is twinned with La Fleche in France and Friedberg in Germany. This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the unrelated concept of physically neighbouring cities. ...
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La Fleche lies on the banks of the River Loire, 42 km (26 miles) from Le Mans and 72km (45 miles) from Tours. Set amongst woods and farmland, La Fleche offers a wealth of recreational facilities including a Zoological Park. “Le Prytane Militaire” public school dates back to the time of the French King Henri IV and consequently La Fleche enjoys the status of a University Town. In 1630 people from La Fleche founded Montreal in Canada. The Loire River, the longest river in France with a length of just over 1000 km, drains an area of 117,000 km², more than a fifth of France. ...
Le Mans is a city in France, located at the Sarthe River. ...
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Friedberg is 64 km (40 miles) from Munich and the Bavarian Alps. Herzog Ludwig the First and his nephew Konradin founded the town in 1264. The magnificent Town Hall follows the architectural style of Elias Holl’s Town Hall, built in 1674, in neighbouring Augsburg. Friedberg is a walled town, renowned for its many sporting and cultural events such as the 17th century Street Festival. Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich: St. ...
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