Chirton is a small rural parish in west Wiltshire, England, set in the rolling chalk downland and farmland that characterises the area north of Westbury. The settlement is compact, with lanes, hedgerows and a scattering of older cottages and farm buildings giving a strong sense of traditional countryside landscape while being within easy reach of larger market towns such as Trowbridge.
The community retains a quiet, agricultural feel - livestock and arable farming remain important - but many residents commute to nearby towns for work, so the social life mixes farming families with commuters. There are modest historic touches and local amenities that centre community activity, and the parish’s proximity to long-established routes and neighbouring towns means it shares in the wider cultural and market life of west Wiltshire.
Postcode districts covering Chirton
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 18.2 miles29.3 km
- Bath 20.5 miles33.1 km
- Salisbury 17.2 miles27.6 km
- Andover 19.3 miles31.1 km
- Trowbridge 13.1 miles21.2 km
- Chippenham 13.7 miles22.1 km
- Frome 21.6 miles34.7 km
- Melksham 10.8 miles17.4 km
- Melksham Without 10.7 miles17.2 km
- Devizes 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Warminster 14.5 miles23.3 km
- Calne 9.4 miles15.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Chirton Built-up area 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Patney Parish 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Marden Parish 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Beechingstoke Parish 1.9 miles3 km
- Wilsford Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Urchfont Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Etchilhampton Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Stert Parish 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Charlton Parish 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Stanton St. Bernard Parish 2.7 miles4.3 km
- All Cannings Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Pewsey Vale West Ward 2.7 miles4.4 km
Example postcodes in Chirton
SN10 3QY, SN10 3QU, SN10 3FW, SN10 3QR, SN10 3RN, SN10 3PW, SN10 3QG, SN10 3QH, SN10 3QN … See all
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 34.6 miles55.7 km
- Bristol Airport 35.6 miles57.3 km
- Pewsey Railway Station 5.9 miles9.4 km
- Melksham Railway Station 11.4 miles18.4 km
Hotels near Chirton Ad
- Castle Hotel 3 4.7 miles7.6 km
- The Bear Hotel 3 4.8 miles7.8 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 10 miles16.2 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 10.5 miles16.9 km
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 10.6 miles17 km
- Wolf Hall Historic site 11 miles17.6 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 11.2 miles18 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 12.8 miles20.5 km
- Burderop Park Estate 15 miles24.1 km
- Hartham Country house 15.9 miles25.5 km
- Burderop Wood Forest 16.3 miles26.3 km