Pewsey is the main village and service centre in the Pewsey Vale.  The River Avon runs through the middle of the village, just by King Alfred’s statue in Market Place, and just north of the village is Pewsey Wharf on the Kennet & Avon Canal.

Pewsey has a mainline railway station linking  you to London (Paddington Station) to the east and to towns in Devon and Cornwall to the west.

There are plenty of independent and specialist shops in the village as well as a number of traditional village pubs.  Make sure you visit Marshall’s Bakery in North Street to sample the local delicacy of the lardy cake – it’s very filling!

Pewsey is home to one of the Wiltshire White Horses, as well as Jones’s Mill Nature Reserve.  Visit the Pewsey Heritage Centre for a fine display of rural history and the Pewsey Vale Craft & Community Tea Rooms for a display of locally made crafts and work from local artists – all for sale!

If you are visiting in September, then don’t miss the Pewsey Carnival which is held annually.  There are lots of events in the run up to the carnival, all of which are a lot of fun to watch or participate in.

Visit the Pewsey village website for more information.


Places to stay in Pewsey

Places to visit in Pewsey

Martinsell Hill
Featured SN9 5DH Pewsey is the main village and service centre in the Pewsey Vale. The River Avon runs through ...

Martinsell Hill

McNeill Gallery of Contemporary Art
Situated in the heart of Pewsey village, looking directly on to the statue of King Alfred, is the McNeill Gallery ...

McNeill Gallery of Contemporary Art

Pewsey White Horse
Pewsey White Horse The Pewsey White Horse is on Pewsey Hill about a mile south of Pewsey, to the east ...

Pewsey White Horse

Kennet & Avon Canal
Kennet & Avon Canal This canal forms part of an 87-mile waterway from Bristol to Reading where it joined the ...

Kennet & Avon Canal

Pewsey Wharf
Once a busy industrial canal wharf, Pewsey Wharf is now a picture of tranquility. And a great place to start ...

Pewsey Wharf

St John the Baptist Church - Pewsey
The Saxon settlement of Pevisigge almost certainly had a church built of wood and thatch on the present site high ...

St John the Baptist Church – Pewsey

King Alfred's Statue
Right in the centre of Pewsey there is a prominent stone statue of King Alfred, unveiled in June 1913 to ...

King Alfred’s Statue

Pewsey Heritage Centre
The ‘no bones, no stones’ museum, specialising in the social, industrial and agricultural history and heritage of the Pewsey Vale ...

Pewsey Heritage Centre

Jones's Mill Nature Reserve
Jones’s Mill is a beautiful and secluded wetland on the outskirts of the village of Pewsey; perfect for walkers and ...

Jones’s Mill Nature Reserve

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