Property, Houses and Flats for Sale in Westbury, Wiltshire

Famous for its White Horse hill carving on the western edge of Salisbury Plain, Westbury is a very old town with evidence of inhabitants from the Iron and Bronze ages. Known for its successful woollen industry, thanks to a good supply of local spring water, Westbury is made up of a number of areas, including The Butts, Chalford, Eden Vale, Frogmore, The Ham, Leighton, Newtown, and Westbury Leigh.

Houses for sale in Westbury and its satellite villages cater for most tastes and pockets. At the time of writing, modern, semi-detached houses offering three bedrooms are from £190,000. Detached houses offering three or four bedrooms are from £290,000 and more substantial executive-style houses are on the market for around £380,000. Detached, period houses in rural locations with up to six bedrooms and wonderful views of the countryside are from £550,000. Flats for sale in Westbury are fairly rare and are from £140,000 for one bedroom in a period conversion such as in an old mill building.

Amenities for property in Westbury

Westbury has a fair number of local shops offering everyday goods as well as specialist items such as bicycles and pottery. Westbury Infant School takes children from Reception to Year 2 and Westbury Church of England Junior School takes children from Year 3 to Year 6. Westbury also has two primary schools: Westbury Leigh School, near the Leigh Park estate, and Bitham Brook School to the west of town. Matravers School is a specialist Arts and Technology College with a sixth form offering a full range of A-level subjects.

Transport in Westbury

The railway station in Westbury is on the main Plymouth to London Paddington route, with direct services to London taking around 90 minutes. Other routes to London Paddington involve changing at stations in Bath Spa and/or Swindon. There are also frequent train services to Bristol, Salisbury, Southampton and Portsmouth and limited services to Yeovil, Dorchester and Weymouth. The branch line from Chippenham to Westbury via stations in Melksham and Trowbridge is currently under threat of closure.

By road, Westbury is on the A350, about twenty-five miles south of Junction 17 of the M4.

Surrounding areas

While searching for property to buy or property to rent in Westbury, which is covered by postcode BA13, you may also like to consider neighbouring towns such as Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Chippenham, Calne, Corsham, and Devizes.