Corsham

The Town

Just 20 minutes from Bath and 20 miles from Bristol, our property search company can confirm Corsham is growing rapidly. Our boutique buying agents can point out over sixty Grade II* listed buildings on the high street; or ask your real estate buyers agent about the classic Georgian era architecture, or the use of the mellow local stone in many of the buildings. Our property buying agent will be happy to help you discover this pretty, typically English town with a current population of around 13,000. Corsham parish also includes Neston and Gastard – ask your independent buying agents for more details.

Transport

For a property buyer, road and rail links are often vital factors in a search; check with your Recoco buying agent, who can confirm the nearest main road is the A4; the nearest motorway junction is M4, J17. Buyers agents can help you conduct an informed property search by highlighting other routes such as the B3109 to Bradford on Avon and the B3353 to Melksham.

Our property buying agent can confirm a local campaign to reopen Corsham’s station. For now, however, Melksham is the nearest train station, around 4.5 miles away, as our Recoco property finder can attest. Your real estate buyers agent can provide information on express services from Chippenham, 4.7 miles away.  

History

Our buyers agents can tell you Corsham’s wealth came mainly from stone and wool. Our boutique buying agents may also mention Corsham Court, a former royal manor house, where the picture gallery was designed by Capability Brown – your Recoco buying agent can tell you he also designed some of the parks, as did Humphry Repton.  Wondering about recent developments? Ask our independent buying agents about the digital boom.

Education

If education is an important property search factor, you might be interested in Corsham’s primary schools: Corsham Primary School, Corsham Regis Primary Academy, Neston Primary School, St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, and Lypiat Primary School. Your Recoco buying agent may also mention the only state school, Tynings. Heywood Prep is the local independent.

Leisure and Events

If you’re a property buyer with a fondness for arts and culture, ask your buyers agents about the Pound, the combined café bar, cinema, gallery, and theatre. Your Recoco property finder can also outline some of Corsham’s regular events, including the June Blue Sky Festival which includes comedy and music; and the November Magic and Mayhem Festival. Or ask your independent buying agents for details of various other annual festivals. And football enthusiasts might be interested to know Corsham Town FC is the local team.

Our boutique buying agents can also help you discover Corsham’s independent stores, which include vintage wares and antiques, collectible comics, and the Table Gallery, owned by television presenter Paul Martin. The Martingate Centre offers contemporary retail in a charming location.

And then there’s the Burlington bunker, a radiation-proof underground street. Your Recoco property finder can tell you this would have been a government retreat if a nuclear strike had taken place. There was even a pub, the Rose and Crown.

Celebrity Connections

Notable families linked to the town include the Methuens, and the Fullers brewing family, as well as actors Elizabeth Hurley and Kris Marshall. Between 1986 and 1995 The Duchess of Cornwall (then Camilla Parker Bowles) occupied Middlewick House; your real estate buyers agent can attest it was bought by Nick Mason from Pink Floyd in 1995.

Property buyer with film buff tendencies? Ask your property search company about productions filmed here: Poldark, Agatha Raisin, Barry Lyndon, The Remains of the Day, Wives and Daughters, Lark Rise to Candleford, and a BBC version of Tess of the D’Urbervilles. 

Foodies’ Corner

If you’re feeling a little peckish, ask your property buying agent about dining options in Corsham and nearby, including pub fare at the Flemish Weaver or several other excellent inns. The Methuen Arms offers new twists on old favourites, combining a boutique hotel with an excellent pub - think roaring fires in winter.

For Italian dishes, try pizza on the terrace at Mother & Wild or pasta at Il Vello D’Oro the Golden Fleece. The Jaipur Takeaway, and the Moonlight Indian Restaurant offer Indian cuisine, with Chinese dishes at the Imperial Garden. Or, if you just need a snack to fuel your property search, try the congenial Birdhouse Café.

Fun Fact

Wondering why there are peacocks on the high street? Our property search company can tell you - they’re from nearby Corsham Court.