Westbury, Wiltshire
Bridging Loans Westbury Wiltshire
Westbury sits in west Wiltshire on the western edge of Salisbury Plain, with the BA13 postcode covering the town and the surrounding villages. The town is known for the Westbury White Horse cut into the chalk escarpment above the town, and for the Westbury railway station which sits as a major junction on the Wessex Main Line and the Reading-to-Taunton line. We arrange specialist bridging finance across Westbury and the BA13 corridor, working with landlords, chain-break buyers and small developers across the town's mix of Victorian terraces, post-war estates and modern new-build.
Westbury median
£260,000
BA13 postcode area
Recent sales tracked
6
Land Registry, last 24 months
Dominant stock type
Terraced
50% of recent transactions
Indicative monthly rate
0.55–1.5%
Subject to LTV, exit and security
The area
Westbury in context.
Westbury is a market town with a recorded history reaching back to the Saxon period, sitting at the western foot of the Plain on the River Biss. The town centre carries Victorian and Georgian frontages along the High Street, Market Place and Edward Street, with the All Saints parish church at the western end. The Westbury White Horse, the oldest of the Wiltshire chalk horses, sits on Bratton Down immediately east of the town.
Westbury's economy carries a long-established industrial layer through the Westbury cement works on Station Road, which produced cement for decades until closure in 2009 with the kilns demolished in 2016, leaving the site available for redevelopment. The town's contemporary employment is anchored by the railway, with Westbury station carrying both passenger services and freight on the Reading-to-Taunton line, by light manufacturing on the Brook Lane and West Wilts industrial estates, and by a layer of distribution and trade-counter businesses tied to the A350 corridor. Beyond the centre, the housing stock spreads through Victorian and Edwardian terraces in the streets around the station and Mane Way, post-war estates at Leigh Park and Westbury Leigh, and modern new-build at Mortimer Gate, Studley Rise and the West Park release.
Sold-data signal
Property market in Westbury.
Transaction data for BA13 shows a median sold price of around £260,000, sitting at the more affordable end of the west Wiltshire spread. Compact two-bed terraces sit at £170,000 to £240,000, three-bed semis at £240,000 to £320,000, post-war estate housing at £220,000 to £290,000, and four-bed family homes on the modern Mortimer Gate and West Park estates at £325,000 to £450,000.
Recent BA13 sales include Oldfield Park at £208,000 terraced, Timor Road at £255,000 terraced, High Street at £400,000 detached, Penleigh Road at £200,000 terraced, The Spur at £285,000 semi and Freestone Grove at £307,500 semi. The spread, low six figures for compact terraces through to mid four hundreds for modern detached new-build, is the loan-size band most of our Westbury bridging work sits in.
Deal flow
Bridging activity in Westbury.
Three deal flavours dominate the Westbury book. First, auction-to-BTL refurbishment on Victorian terraces in the streets around the railway station and the Westbury Leigh corridor. Cosmetic and medium refurb of £15,000 to £35,000 on 9-month bridges at 0.85% per month, exiting to BTL refinance at uplifted value. The maths works cleanly where the BA13 starting price sits in the £170,000 to £240,000 band.
Chain-break bridging on owner-occupiers moving between Mortimer
chain-break bridging on owner-occupiers moving between Mortimer Gate, West Park and the surrounding BA13 villages, regulated cases at 0.55 to 0.75% per month, 6 to 9-month terms, passed to our regulated partner firms.
Development-exit refinance on completed schemes at Mortimer
development-exit refinance on completed schemes at Mortimer Gate, Studley Rise and the wider West Park corridor. Small developers refinance from development finance onto 12-month bridges at 0.85 to 0.95% per month while units sell down. Capital-raise against unencumbered Westbury landlord stock funds onward portfolio deposits.
Below-market-value purchase bridging on motivated-vendor and probate
Below-market-value purchase bridging on motivated-vendor and probate stock from the regional and Bristol rooms forms a fourth recurring stream, with 14-day completion targets using title insurance. The redundant Westbury cement works site at Station Road has been earmarked for residential and mixed-use redevelopment, and we anticipate development-exit activity once the first scheme phases reach practical completion.
Streets and postcodes
Named streets we work across.
Westbury covers BA13 in full, with BA13 3 covering the central streets including the Market Place and the High Street, BA13 2 covering the south-eastern fringe and Mane Way, and BA13 4 covering the western villages including Bratton, Edington and Coulston.
Postcode areas
Streets in our regular bridging flow (12)
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Westbury covers BA13 in full, with BA13 3 covering the central streets including the Market Place and the High Street, BA13 2 covering the south-eastern fringe and Mane Way, and BA13 4 covering the western villages including Bratton, Edington and Coulston. Named streets in the bridging flow include Oldfield Park, Timor Road, High Street, Penleigh Road, The Spur and Freestone Grove. The Market Place, the High Street, Edward Street, Church Street, Station Road, Bratton Road and the Westbury Leigh corridor form the central grid. The Westbury White Horse sits on Bratton Down above the town. The Westbury cement works site sits on Station Road awaiting redevelopment. The West Wilts and Brook Lane industrial estates anchor the town's commercial employment.
Demand drivers
Transport and rental demand.
Westbury railway station sits at the south of the town on Station Road, carrying both north-south services on the Wessex Main Line through Trowbridge, Bath Spa and Bristol Temple Meads, and west-east services on the Reading-to-Taunton line through Pewsey, Newbury and Reading. The London Paddington service via Pewsey runs in around 85 minutes. The A350 runs north to south through the town connecting Chippenham to Warminster, with the A36 to the south carrying the Bath to Salisbury corridor.
Demand drivers are the railway interchange and the strong commuter base into Bath, Bristol and London, the surrounding agricultural and food production sector, the West Wilts industrial estate employment, and a steady professional-tenant base from the wider west Wiltshire workforce. Rental yields on BA13 Victorian terraces sit at the firmer end of South West England standards, supported by the rail-commuter demand.
Recent work
Our work in Westbury.
Recent Westbury bridging includes a £170,000 9-month bridge at 0.85% per month and 70% LTV on a two-bed Victorian terrace in the streets around the station BA13 3, with £22,000 of works and a BTL refinance at £225,000 valuation on exit. We also arranged a £345,000 chain-break facility for an owner-occupier moving from Leigh Park to a Mortimer Gate detached, passed to our regulated partner firm at 0.65% per month for 6 months. A third recent case funded a £165,000 auction completion on a probate Penleigh Road BA13 terrace, completing in 11 days using title insurance, with the borrower planning a 9-month cosmetic refurb and BTL refinance. A fourth case raised £150,000 second-charge against an unencumbered BA13 landlord property for the borrower's deposit on a Trowbridge acquisition, 60% LTV, 9 months at 0.95% per month. A fifth case funded a £225,000 light-refurb bridge on a three-bed semi in the Westbury Leigh corridor BA13, 9 months at 0.85% per month and 75% LTV against open-market value, exited to a BTL term loan once a rail-commuter tenancy was in place at uplifted rent.
Land Registry, recent sold prices
Westbury sold-price evidence
The most recent registered transactions across the BA13 postcode area, drawn from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Underwriters and valuers work from this evidence on every Westbury bridge we arrange.
BA13 median
£260,000
| Date | Street | Postcode | Type | Sold price |
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| Mar 2026 | Oldfield Park | BA13 3LQ | Terraced | £208,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Timor Road | BA13 2GA | Terraced | £255,000 |
| Mar 2026 | High Street | BA13 4DR | Detached | £400,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Penleigh Road | BA13 3QB | Terraced | £200,000 |
| Mar 2026 | The Spur | BA13 3AZ | Semi-detached | £285,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Freestone Grove | BA13 3ZN | Semi-detached | £307,500 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, last refreshed for the Wiltshire network in the trailing 24-month window. Bridging facilities are priced against the open-market value at the time of underwriting, not at the historic sold price.
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FAQs
Westbury bridging questions
Is Westbury a viable starter market for a Wiltshire BTL portfolio?
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Yes. BA13 sits at the more affordable end of the west Wiltshire spread, with Victorian terrace stock routinely available in the £170,000 to £240,000 band where the refurb-to-BTL maths work cleanly. The strong rail link to Bath, Bristol and London supports rental demand, and the smaller loan sizes give a starter landlord room to learn the operating discipline before scaling.
What is happening at the Westbury cement works site?
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The cement works at Station Road closed in 2009 with the kilns demolished in 2016. The site has been earmarked for residential and mixed-use redevelopment, and planning activity is in progress. We anticipate development-exit bridging activity once the first scheme phases reach practical completion. We do not advise on planning timetables; the local planning authority is the source of record.
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