Local area

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The Parish Council has taken care to find reliable sources of information but are unable to guarantee the information on the websites linked to.

Pubs and Eating Out

Oh yes - plenty of them - all quite different in character - and all within a few miles of the village. Here are the closest:

• The 7 Stars, Bottlesford

• The Barge Inn, Honey Street

• The Mill Stream, Marden

• The Woodbridge, North Newnton

• The Golden Swan, Wilcot

• The Ship, Upavon

• The Antelope, Upavon

• The Bridge Inn, Horton

• The Crown, Bishops Cannings

• The Kings Arms, All Cannings

• The Bistro (Waterfront), Pewsey

• Tale of Spice, Pewsey

Train Station at Pewsey

The station at Pewsey is a charming Victorian station, reminiscent of the halcyon days of the 'Railway Children'. It is on the mainline from Paddington, through Reading, Newbury, Westbury, Exeter and Plymouth on down to Penzance. There are several trains each day to and from London and the West Country that accommodate quite a few commuters. The journey time to London is typically just over an hour, see Trainline for details.

In 2019 the line from Paddington to Newbury was electrified and Great Western brought their new Hitachi trains into service. The number of trains stopping at Pewsey has increased slightly, and the off-peak advance fares have got even better value!

Public Transport - mainly Buses

There is a local bus service that connects some of the villages (including Woodborough) with both Pewsey and Devizes. This is the 'Connect2Wiltshire' service that took over from the ground-breaking 'Wigglybus' service of yesteryear! There are also connections at Pewsey for Marlborough and Swindon to the north, and Salisbury to the south.

Woodborough Churches

Woodborough C of E parish church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is first mentioned in 1258 when the advowson was disputed. It has an ashlar 12th century nave and chancel, the bell house is possibly 14th century, the porch 18th century and the chancel was re-built around 1818. Two houses were registered as dissenters meeting places. The Methodist chapel, built in 1820 had seating for 134 people, including 32 in the gallery. In 1851 the average attendance was 90 - 100. The chapel closed in 1970.

Tourism

There are two very useful sites that give lots of information about the Pewsey Vale in particular, and Wiltshire in general. They are;

• Visit Pewsey Vale

• Visit Wiltshire

Between them, they list a host of attractions throughout the summer, interesting places to visit, beauty spots, B & B’s and local businesses. Look out in the villages for the many ex-BT telephone kiosks that have been converted into Tourist Information Centres (and much more).