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 miles29.3 km
- Bath 20.8 miles33.5 km
- Salisbury 17 miles27.4 km
- Andover 19 miles30.6 km
- Trowbridge 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Chippenham 14 miles22.5 km
- Frome 21.8 miles35.1 km
- Melksham 11.1 miles17.8 km
- Melksham Without 11 miles17.7 km
- Devizes 5 miles8 km
- Warminster 14.7 miles23.6 km
- Calne 9.6 miles15.4 km
Neighbouring places
- Marden Parish 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Patney Parish 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Wilsford Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Beechingstoke Parish 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Urchfont Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Etchilhampton Parish 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Charlton Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Pewsey Vale West Ward 2.5 miles4 km
- Woodborough Built-up area 2.6 miles4.3 km
- Stanton St. Bernard Parish 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Stert Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- All Cannings Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
Example postcodes in Chirton
SN10 3QP, SN10 3RN, SN10 3QT, SN10 3RP, SN10 3QR, SN10 3QL, SN10 3QW, SN10 3QY, SN10 3PW … See all
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 34.3 miles55.3 km
- Bristol Airport 35.9 miles57.8 km
- Pewsey Railway Station 5.6 miles9 km
- Melksham Railway Station 11.7 miles18.9 km
Hotels near Chirton Ad
- Castle Hotel 3 5 miles8.1 km
- The Bear Hotel 3 5.1 miles8.2 km
Schools in Chirton
- Chirton C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 8.1 miles13 km
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 10.2 miles16.5 km
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 10.3 miles16.6 km
- Wolf Hall Historic site 10.7 miles17.2 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 10.8 miles17.5 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 11 miles17.7 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 13 miles21 km
- Burderop Park Estate 15 miles24.1 km
- Hartham Country house 16.2 miles26 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 16.3 miles26.2 km