Grimstead | |
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![]() West Grimstead | |
Location within Wiltshire | |
Population | 248 (in 2011) [1] |
OS grid reference | SU220269 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Salisbury |
Postcode district | SP5 |
Dialling code | 01722 |
Police | Wiltshire |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Website | grimstead-pc |
Grimstead is a civil parish on the River Dun in Wiltshire, England, to the south-east of Salisbury. Its settlements are the villages of East Grimstead and West Grimstead. The 2011 census recorded a parish population of 534.
East Grimstead and West Grimstead each have an ecclesiastical parish with a parish church, dedicated to Holy Trinity and St John respectively. [2] [3] Today both are within the area of the Clarendon benefice, a group of nine rural parishes. [4]
The first tier of local government is Grimstead Parish Council. [5] The parish is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which performs all significant local government functions. For parliamentary purposes, the parish falls within the Salisbury constituency. [6]
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