Holt is a village and civil parish 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Bradford on Avon

Bradford on Avon

Bradford on Avon is a town in west Wiltshire, England with a population of about 9,326. The town's canal, historic buildings, shops, pubs and restaurants make it popular with tourists....

 in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

, England.

The village was served by Holt Junction railway station of GWR

Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...

 Devizes Branch Line, until its closure in 1966.

Parish church

The Church of England parish church

Church of England parish church

A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, known as a parish.-Parishes in England:...

 of Saint Katherine was rebuilt in 1891 to designs by the Gothic Revival architect

Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...

 C.E. Ponting

Charles Ponting

Charles Edwin Ponting, F.S.A., was a Gothic Revival architect who practised in Marlborough, Wiltshire.-Career:Ponting began his architectural career in 1864 in the office of the architect Samuel Overton. He was agent for Meux brewing family's estate from 1870 until 1888...

 of Marlborough. The Decorated Gothic south porch and Perpendicular Gothic west tower survive from the earlier mediaeval parish church.

Amenities

Holt has a village shop. two public houses, The Tollgate Inn and The Old Ham Tree in addition to a Post Office. Local children attend Holt Voluntary Controlled Primary School. The village also boasts a bowls club. Holt Football Club has the honour of being the oldest club in Wiltshire having been established in 1864.

There is a cricket field under construction in the field behind The Tollgate Inn.