Trowbridge
Sign in to saveTrowbridge ( ) is the county town of Wiltshire, England, situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, close to the border with Somerset. The town lies south-east of Bath, south-west of Swindon and south-east of Bristol. The parish had a population of 37,169 in 2021.
Key facts
- UK place.type
- County town
- UK place.static_image_name
- Town Hall, Trowbridge.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Trowbridge Town Hall, seen from Fore Street
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Trowbridge
- UK place.population
- 37,169
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Wiltshire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South West Wiltshire
- UK place.post_town
- TROWBRIDGE
- UK place.postcode_district
- BA14
- UK place.postcode_area
- BA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01225
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST856579
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Early history
- Castle
- Woollen cloth industry
- 1800s to present
- 21st-century redevelopment
- Architecture
- Governance
- Geography
- Demography
- Transport
- Education
- Healthcare
- Shopping and entertainment
- Notable people
- Sport and leisure
- Town twinning
- See also
- References
- External links
Trowbridge ( ) is the county town of Wiltshire, England, situated on the River Biss in the west of the county, close to the border with Somerset. The town lies south-east of Bath, south-west of Swindon and south-east of Bristol. The parish had a population of 37,169 in 2021.
Long a market town, the Kennet and Avon canal to the north of Trowbridge played an instrumental part in the town's development, as it allowed coal to be transported from the Somerset Coalfield; this marked the advent of steam-powered manufacturing in woollen cloth mills. The town was the foremost centre of woollen cloth production in south-west England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, by which time it held the nickname "The Manchester of the West".