Chirton is a small rural village in Wiltshire, England, set among the county’s characteristic rolling downland and farmland. It retains a mix of older stone and brick cottages alongside more modern houses, giving a quiet, intimate feel typical of Wiltshire’s countryside settlements.
Historically rooted in agriculture, the local economy has long been farm-based, though many residents now commute to nearby market towns. Social life centres on the sorts of village institutions you expect in rural England - a parish church, a village hall and occasional fetes and community events - and the area’s field patterns and older buildings hint at a history stretching back through the medieval and post‑medieval periods.
Postcode districts covering Chirton
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 18.2 miles
- Bath 20.8 miles
- Salisbury 17 miles
- Andover 19 miles
- Trowbridge 13.4 miles
- Chippenham 14 miles
- Frome 21.8 miles
- Melksham 11.1 miles
- Melksham Without 11 miles
- Devizes 5 miles
- Warminster 14.7 miles
- Calne 9.6 miles
Neighbouring places
- Marden Parish 0.7 miles
- Patney Parish 0.8 miles
- Wilsford Parish 1.6 miles
- Beechingstoke Parish 1.7 miles
- Urchfont Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Etchilhampton Parish 2.4 miles
- Charlton Parish 2.4 miles
- Pewsey Vale West Ward 2.5 miles
- Woodborough Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Stanton St. Bernard Parish 2.7 miles
- Stert Parish 2.8 miles
- All Cannings Built-up area 2.8 miles
Example postcodes in Chirton
SN10 3QY, SN10 3QN, SN10 3QR, SN10 3FW, SN10 3QT, SN10 3QJ, SN10 3RP, SN10 3RN, SN10 3QS … See all
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 34.3 miles
- Bristol Airport 35.9 miles
- Pewsey Railway Station 5.6 miles
- Melksham Railway Station 11.7 miles
Hotels near Chirton Ad
- Castle Hotel 3 5 miles
- The Bear Hotel 3 5.1 miles
Schools in Chirton
- Chirton C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 7.1 miles
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 8.1 miles
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 9.9 miles
- Savernake Forest Forest 10.2 miles
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 10.3 miles
- Wolf Hall Historic site 10.7 miles
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 10.8 miles
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 11 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 13 miles
- Burderop Park Estate 15 miles
- Hartham Country house 16.2 miles
- Burderop Wood Forest 16.3 miles