photo courtesy of Paul Stallard

• Rural Location with excellent road & rail links
• Church, school., pub, village hall, recreation field, sports field.
• Communication through parish noticeboard & magazine.
• Telephone kiosk & daily collections from post box.
• Footpaths & bridleways
• Access to Seagry Wood
• Bus service & well maintained bus shelter
• Weekly fresh fish van on pub car park
• Mobile fish & chips on a Wednesday evening
• Mobile library
• Community Groups: WI, pre-school group, bridge club, community church group.
• Best kept village competition

Yatton Keynall Village Hall

• Village shop, Post Office, Public House, & Ancient Church
• Village School
• Village Hall
• The network of rights of way
• Location in an area of outstanding natural beauty
• Doctors Surgery
• Clubs & organisations operating within the village for the young & adults
• Luncheon club
• Village link

Christian Malford Village Fete

• Shop, Post Office, telephone box, village hall, church, primary school, recreation ground, childrens playground and public houses.
• Village evenyts, societies & other community activities.
• Network of public footpaths
• Parish magazine, noticeboard & website  

Biddestone Duck Pond

• Village Pubs
• Sports/community hall
• Cricket Ground
• Tennis Courts
• Location

Langley Burrell 9th Century Church

• Historic church
• Attractive Location

North Wraxall Village Hall

• Village Hall
• Day Nursery
• Village Pond
• Church & Chapel
• Bus Service & shelters
• Telephone Boxes
• Footpaths & Byways
• Village Link
• Mobile Library
• Neighbourhood Watch
• Parish magazine & website
• Noticeboards
• Community  Spirit
• Surrounding countryside & its status within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Conservation areas.

Kington St Michael Village Hall & Post Office

• Community Spirit
• Fund Raising to open & manage a local Post Office

Nettleton Post Office

• Most of all, The Village shop and Post Office
• The pub
• The Location in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
• Links with the Village Link
• Mobile Library
• Yatton Keynell Luncheon Club
• Mobile Library
• Phone boxes
• Footpath Network

Kington Langley Village Hall

• Active rural economy despite proximity to Chippenham & motorway
• Visual appearance
• Highly active social & church communities
• Very high quality village school
• Thriving local pubs
• Relatively good public transport facilities
• High quality & well used village hall & playing field facilities
• Good communication through our village magazine & developing website.

Stanton St Quintin Church

• Rural location with excellent road & rail links
• Village (period) character to be preserved
• Village ammenities to be preserved: Ancient church, Primary School (GradeII) listed building.
• Stanton Manor as Hotel, Conference & Restaurant.
• Working party for village hall
• Parish noticeboard for newsletters
• Daily collections from post box
• Footpaths & bridleways and all Rights of Ways
• Continued access to Stanton Woods
• Bus service from village to Chippenham
• Mobile library
• Village community groups: Using school facilities & church hall to meet.

Grittleton Village

• Attractive Village
• Playground facility for young children
• Village hall
• Rural Arts
• Cricket Club

Castle Combe

• Rural location with excellent road & rail links
• Resilience of residents in the face of tourism pressures
• The vibrancy, integration and spirit of the community
• The unique historic heritage and buildings

Millenium Bench Chippenham Without

• Rural agricultural environment
• Open countryside

Chippenham High Street

• Museum & Heritage Centre
• John Coles Park, Bowling Green & Monkton Park
• Stanley Park
• Hanging baskets in town centre in the summer
• Christmas trees and lights in December
• Events such as turning on of Christmas lights, Folk Festival, & North Wiltshire Festival
• Information points at the Town Hall, Tourist Information Centre & Library.
• Conference & banqueting facilities at the Town Hall & the Neeld Hall.
• Excellent road & rail links.
• Proximity to the countryside
• London Road Cemetery

• Community Spirit
• Strong Sense of community based on the village hall, ths school and the Church.