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Give Yourself a Green Treat at Melksham Nature Reserve

An agro-market town, Melksham is a also a perfect one-day recreational center.
Set by the Bristol Avon in Western Wiltshire, Melksham is known for its live music shows and a huge number of clubs.
The town has preserved its old-world charm in its parish church, houses clustered together and quaint shopping plaza.
Melksham is more easily accessible by bus than train.
Most tourists go to Melksham for the Nature Reserve 'Conigre Mead' that is barely a four-minute walk for the Church Street car park in the center of the town.
This route has been named the 'Riverside Walk' and goes through an old burial ground that includes a wildlife conservation sanctuary.
The nature reserve has wild flowers aplenty that bloom in summer - the right time to visit Melksham.
The reserve also has ponds, butterflies, fish and frogs with a variety of birds visiting it regularly.
The Melksham Parish Church, dating back to 1300 includes an interesting north porch with a vaulted roof that covers a priest's room, the clerestory with beautiful stained glass windows and a huge wall painting depicting the Transfiguration.
Close to the Parish Church is Melksham House that dates back to the 17th Century.
It is a memento of traditional architecture.
Nearby is the Rachel Fowler Center that is used by the town folk for meetings and cultural activities.
Melksham was also known as a spa center and had houses dating back to 1816 that were used by tourists staying over.
But after the closure of the spa waters, a mile away, the houses fell into disuse.
They were later reopened and today offer an option for plush modern living.
The exterior has still been maintained to retain the traditional charm.
Melksham has also been an important center of Society of Friends.
Quakers have been holding regular meetings in the town from 1669 onwards.
A Quaker school was also run in Melksham from 1695 to 1721.
Today, however, the meeting house is used as a Spiritualist Church.
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