Broughton Gifford

Broughton Gifford is a village and civil parish about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Melksham in Wiltshire, England.

In October 1905 a small station, Broughton Gifford Halt, was opened for the newly introduced steam railcar service between Chippenham and Trowbridge.

The halt was south-east of the village at the Mill Lane bridge, near the road between Melksham and Bradford-on-Avon; it was closed on 7 February 1955 but the line remains open.

It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for most significant local government functions.

[8] Three houses are Grade II* listed: In March 2015 Mr Daniel Gerber, of Gifford Hall, obtained a decision in the High Court quashing a planning permission granted by Wiltshire Council for a £10.5 million solar farm erected by Norrington Solar Farm Limited and Terraform Power.

[12] This decision was then overturned, allowing the solar farm to remain, some distance to the north of Gifford Hall.

A packhorse bridge dating from 1725 spans the River Avon to the south of Broughton Gifford, providing a route (now a public footpath) to the hamlet of Whaddon.

Parish church
Packhorse bridge over the Avon