Walks from Melksham
Wiltshire · South West England
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Melksham Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Melksham by train.
Bath Spa to Melksham
Recommended: A long, wheelchair- and pushchair-friendly route that is largely Kennet & Avon Canal towpath, with pavement out of Bath and into Melksham. Avoids the stiles, fields and crops and livestock of the shorter cross-country alternatives.
Waterway: nine tenths along the Kennet and Avon Canal.
Time: 7h30–14h30
Lunch: Bradford on Avon at the mid-point has multiple pubs, restaurants and facilities.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Melksham to Chippenham
Recommended: A field-and-riverside walk passing through fields, woods and alongside the River Avon, with a section under a road bridge into Chippenham. The riverside areas can flood in winter and making it more of a summer route.
Time: 3h–6h
Warnings: Riverside sections can flood in winter. Fields around Melksham are often planted with crops, especially maize, which can make the walk challenging in autumn.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Westbury to Melksham
Trowbridge to Melksham
The central section running along the reed-fringed Kennet and Avon Canal is a delight. A route with about half on pavements alongside urban and suburban roads (some quiet) and a delightful central section along the reed-fringed Kennet and Avon Canal towpath, sheltered by a hedge with views over the fields. The towpath is gravelly, stony and sometimes narrow and uneven, with a few short and potentially slippery slopes at bridges. Extends the canal towpath to Semington to be more wheelchair/pushchair friendly. A mostly off-road paved cycle track by the railway runs from the canal to Trowbridge station.
Time: 2h30–5h
Warnings: A fifth urban.
Walk details: Railwalks.
