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Great Bedwyn is located some five miles south-west of Hungerford and seven miles south-east of Marlborough, on the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Great Western Railway line to the West Country. Although a relatively small village, Bedwyn has a rail station and is the terminus of the rail commuter service from London and Reading, acting as a railhead for the town of Marlborough to which it is linked by buses which connect with the trains.
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Nearby towns and cities: Hungerford, Marlborough, Newbury, Swindon
Nearby villages: Little Bedwyn , Chisbury , Wilton, FroxfieldFroxfield is a village and civil parish in the east of the English county of Wiltshire. Location Froxfield is located on the A4 road from London to Bristol. Nearby towns and cities Hungerford, Marlborough, Newbury, Swindon Nearby villages Little Bedwyn, C, BurbageBurbage is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey in the English county of Wiltshire. History The Kennet and Avon Canal was built just north of the village and opened in 1810. Local Government Burbage is a civil parish with an elected parish cou, ShalbourneShalbourne is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire. Besides Shalbourne itself, the parish includes the widely spaced settlements of Bagshot to the north, and Rivar and Oxenwood to the south. Location Nearby towns and cities Hunger
Nearby places of interest: Crofton Pumping StationCrofton Pumping Station is a pumping station, located near the village of Great Bedwyn in the English county of Wiltshire, which supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water. The original steam powered pumping station is preserved and, Wilton WindmillThe Wilton windmill is a five floor brick tower mill with a round house located near the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in the southern English county of Wiltshire. It was built in 1821 because the construction of the Kennet and Avon Canal had includ
Great Bedwyn is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the the areas of Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council. All three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.
In the 2002 census, the parish had a population of 1,347.