Chilbolton Down

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Chilbolten Down
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Chilbolten Down
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OS grid reference SU4102536981
Civil parish
  • Chilbolten
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Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town STOCKBRIDGE
Postcode district SO20
Dialling code 01264
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51°07′50″N1°24′54″W / 51.130645°N 1.415095°W / 51.130645; -1.415095 Coordinates: 51°07′50″N1°24′54″W / 51.130645°N 1.415095°W / 51.130645; -1.415095

Chilbolten Down is a hamlet in the civil parish of Chilbolton in Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Stockbridge, which lies approximately 3.4 miles (5.5 km) south-west from the hamlet.

Chilbolton village in the United Kingdom

Chilbolton is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, near to Stockbridge. It is situated 18 miles (29 km) north of Southampton and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Andover. Its most notable feature is the Chilbolton Observatory situated on the disused RAF Chilbolton airfield. The parish church of St Mary the Less dates back to the 12th century, on the site of an earlier wooden church. The River Test runs through Chilbolton Common.

Hampshire County of England

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England. The county town, with city status, is Winchester, a frequent seat of the Royal Court before any fixed capital, in late Anglo-Saxon England. After the metropolitan counties and Greater London, Hampshire is the most populous ceremonial county in the United Kingdom. Its two largest settlements, Southampton and Portsmouth, are administered separately as unitary authorities and the rest of the area forms the administrative county, which is governed by Hampshire County Council.

Stockbridge, Hampshire town and civil parish in west Hampshire, England

Stockbridge is a small town and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. It is one of the smallest towns in the United Kingdom with a population of 592 as of the 2011 census. It sits astride the River Test and at the foot of Stockbridge Down.


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