Seend Cleeve

Seend Cleeve is a large hamlet or sub-village immediately west of Seend in Wiltshire, England. It lies about 2.3 miles (3.7 km) southeast of the town of Melksham.

Seend Cleeve
Main road of Seend Cleeve, with the village's only red telephone box visible in the background
Seend Cleeve Location within Wiltshire
OS grid reference	ST931610
Civil parish	Seend
Unitary authority	Wiltshire Council
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Melksham
Postcode district	SN12
Dialling code	01380
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Melksham and Devizes
Website	Parish Council
List of places UK England Wiltshire 51.348°N 2.101°W / 51.348; -2.101

A Primitive Methodist chapel with Sunday school was built in 1841 at Seend Cleeve.^[1][2] In 1849, the chapel was rebuilt in red brick with ashlar quoins.^[1][3] The chapel closed in 1979^[2] and was converted into a private house in 2012.^[1]

Seend Cleeve Quarry was a source of brown haematite; since 1987 the quarry has been a Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. There was an ironworks in the second half of the 19th century, and quarrying continued until 1946.^[4]

Seend Cleeve has two public houses: the Barge Inn^[5] on the Kennet and Avon Canal, and the Brewery Inn.