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Viewed from the southern end of the High Street
©Roger Cornfoot
The junction of King Street, Spa Road and the High Street meets here with the Town Hall, Assembly Hall and, behind the Assembly Hall, the sports centre.
©Doug Lee
Dist:0.2km<br/>Melksham old fire station, Market Place, Melksham, Wiltshire, now used as a cafe
©Kevin Hale
Dist:0.2km<br/>Looking north, up the High Street.
©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.2km<br/>Next door to the tourist information office on Church Street.
©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.3km<br/>A relic of the woollen industry, now hosts the Melksham Historical Society.
©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.3km<br/>With the mini roundabout at the junction of Lowbourne to the left and Bank Street behind.
©Maurice Pullin
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©tristan forward
Dist:0.3km<br/>Circular stove of rubble stone with stone-tiled roof and dating from late eighteenth century. Used for drying woollen cloth at different stages of the finishing process. There are two in Melksham and others in Gloucestershire.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.3km<br/>A view of [[1346129]] from the south. "The church is a perp church, nothing else matters", says Pevsner (Wiltshire, 1963).
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.3km<br/>Leading to Church Walk.
©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.3km<br/>At the junction of High Street, behind the camera, Lowbourne, to the right and Bank Street, just in sight to the left. The Parsons Nose is prominent.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.3km<br/>The A3102 has become Lowbourne by the time it reaches the junction of Bank Street and High Street.
©Stuart Logan
Dist:0.3km<br/>"Norman origins, late Medieval with extensive remodelling in 1845 ... 4-stage rectangular west tower was moved from the crossing in 1845, corner buttresses and Perpendicular-arched door with hood mould having carved terminals, third stage has single lancet, fourth stage has cusped Perpendicular style blind arcading and 2-light window with louvres, string courses to third and fourth stages." http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=314269&mode=adv . Seen from the path that continues the line of Church Walk along the west side of the churchyard.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.4km<br/>Lowbourne , Bank St and High St all meet at this roundabout in the centre of Melksham. The first two mentioned streets form part of the A3102 at this point as it passes through the town.
©Nigel Mykura

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