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St. Peter's Church is on the Bath Road Devizes (the A361) as shown on the map below. If you are approaching Devizes from the Bath direction, it is on your right hand side, as you approach the town centre. The upper picture on the left shows what the church looks like as you approach it. If you are starting from the centre of Devizes, from the Northgate Roundabout at the junction of New Park Street and Northgate Street (Wadworth's Brewery corner) it is half a mile down Northgate Street on your left. The lower picture on the left shows what the church looks like as you approach it.
By public transport buses that stop on the Bath Road from Monday to Saturday
are:
- Devizes Town Bus F, Market Place - Bath Road & Mayenne Place
- 49 Trowbridge-Swindon "Trans-Wiltshire Express"
- 85 Devizes - Worton
- 87A Devizes - Trowbridge
- 271/272/273 Bath -Devizes-Easterton
- X72 Devizes-Bath
On Sundays only the 272 Bath - Urchfont offers a limited service.
(The 49 "Trans-Wiltshire Express" only offers a Swindon - Devizes Market Place
service on Sunday)
Timetables and maps for all the above bus services may be obtained from the
Local Bus Information - Devizes and Beyond website. [This website also
has information about our nearest railway stations - Chippenham, Pewsey &
Swindon, and how you can get from these to Devizes.]
Most other buses set down in the Market Place in Devizes from where St Peter's is a 15 minute walk.
There is a large Car Park between the Church and the School which is available for attendance at Church services and functions.
By bike: the church was built very near the north bank of the Kennet and Avon Canal, and on the opposite bank the towpath has been specially upgraded to form part of National Cycle Route 4. If you leave the towpath at Bridge 142 (Prison Bridge) or Bridge 141 (Devizes Town Bridge) St Peters is about 300 yards away on the Bath Road.
To use a mapping service (such as Multimap or Streetmap) or a route planning service (such as AA Route Planner or RAC Route Planner) please use postcode SN10 2AP. To check on possible traffic hold-ups on your road journey to St Peter's you might find the Government Highways Agency traffic report for the South West region useful.
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