Steeple Ashton, North Bradley & Southwick

Steeple Ashton sits in Wiltshire countryside and is anchored by the 15th-century church tower of St Mary, the steeple that gave the village its name and that rises above the rooftops. The main street runs on a straight axis, lined with stone and brick houses and former cloth-working buildings, with narrow lanes leading out to arable fields. A village green, a traditional pub and a former school building mark the centre; footpaths and lanes radiate from the core into surrounding farmland and coppices.

North Bradley and Southwick form a cluster of nearby settlements linked by country lanes and hedgerows. North Bradley retains a village hall, a primary school and short terraces of housing, with fields and small orchards reaching the lanes. Southwick has a compact village nucleus, a church and stretches of mixed farmland with older field boundaries and tracks used by walkers and riders. Local life centres on parish events, small-scale farming and community clubs that meet in village halls and on the greens.