Sandridge, Wiltshire


Sandridge is a dispersed rural community to the east of Melksham, Wiltshire, England. It is part of the civil parish of Melksham Without.
An Ordnance Survey map of 1961 names a settlement at Sandridge Hill, east of Melksham, and a hamlet of Sandridge, to the north; as of 2015 these names are no longer in gazetteers and Sandridge refers to a wider area along the A3102, with Sandridge Common identified on road signs near Melksham.
A National School was built in 1873 at Sandridge Common, on land given by Ralph Ludlow Lopes and educated children of all ages until 1953; around that time it became known as Forest and Sandridge Church of England Primary School. In 2015, to cater for the eastward expansion of Melksham, the school moved to a new building on the outskirts of the town.

Sandridge Park

Sandridge Park is a country house which stands in parkland off the A3102, about east of Melksham. The two-storey house was built between 1856 and 1859 for Henry Lopes. After being used for a time as a hotel, it was sold in 2018 as an eight-bedroom house for £2.8m.
The former coach house and stables, now converted into a house, is Grade II listed.