Sandy Lane, Wiltshire

Sandy Lane is a small village situated between the towns of Chippenham and Devizes in Wiltshire, England, and between the villages of Bromham and Derry Hill on the A342 road.[2] At the 2011 census, its main postcode had a population of 32 people in 17 households.[3]

Sandy Lane

St Mary & St Nicholas Church
Sandy Lane
Location within Wiltshire
Population32 (2011 census)[1]
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townChippenham
Postcode districtSN15
Dialling code01380
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

The village lies to the north of the Roman road from Bath to London. The small Roman town of Verlucio was to the southeast,[4][5] and the site of a Roman villa was discovered at Nuthills Farm in 1924.[6]

The village is largely in the civil parish of Calne Without; the boundary of the parish of Bromham runs immediately to its west. Wiltshire Council is the unitary authority which is responsible for all significant local government functions.

Sandy Lane has several well-preserved thatched cottages. The church of St Mary & St Nicholas is also thatched.[7]

There is a public house, the George Inn, a two-storey 18th-century building re-fronted in the 19th century.[8]

  • The George Inn
  • Heading north on the A342
  • Heading south on the A342

References
  1. "Map of SN15 2PZ postcode". Doogal. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. OS Explorer Map 156, Chippenham and Bradford-on-Avon Scale: 1:25 000.Publisher: Ordnance Survey A2 edition (2007). ISBN 978-0319239438
  3. "Map of SN15 2PZ postcode". Doogal. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. "Verlucio". PastScape. English Heritage. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  5. Linford, N T; Linford, P K; Payne, A W (February 2018). "Verlucio and Environs Project, Bowood Estate, Calne Without, Wiltshire: Report on Geophysical Surveys". Historic England. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  6. "Monument no. 212025". PastScape. English Heritage. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  7. "Church of Saint Nicholas, Sandy Lane". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  8. Historic England. "The George Inn (1253596)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 August 2018.


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