Chippenham, England
Chippenham-on-Roundabout
"Where the M4 meets the meh"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield quartered by the River Avon and a stylised railway viaduct, in honour of Brunel's Great Western line slicing through the town, surmounted by a bypass sign pointing firmly towards Bath. The motto beneath reads 'Prope Est' — 'It's Nearby' — a nod to the town's enduring identity as the place adjacent to somewhere more famous.
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Stopped here on the way to Bath and honestly wasn't planning to but the traffic had other ideas. The town bridge and the old buildings by the river are genuinely lovely, but then you turn a corner and it's retail park after retail park. Neeld Hall is a nice surprise and the market town core has charm if you squint past the ring road. Would come back but would plan my route around the rush hour first."— BrunelWasHere_Swindon
Property Listing
Nestled in the heart of Wiltshire with UNRIVALLED access to the M4, this vibrant market town offers period charm, a picturesque riverside, and — for the commuter who truly cannot get enough of brake lights — a front-row seat to some of the region's finest congestion. A rare opportunity to live five minutes from Bath, provided you never actually try to drive there at 8am.
Twinned With
Slough — Both towns are best known to millions of people as a place you drive past, or through, on the way to somewhere nicer.
Supporting Evidence
Chippenham was the site of a decisive 878 AD battle against the Danes that arguably saved Anglo-Saxon England, though today it's rather more famous for its role as a junction on the M4 corridor.