Chute Forest is a small, very rural civil parish in the north‑east of Wiltshire, sitting close to the county boundary with Hampshire and neighbouring the little village of Chute. The landscape is a mix of rolling chalk downland and pockets of old woodland and estate planting, which gives the area a noticeably enclosed, wooded character compared with some surrounding parishes.
Its name recalls a historic role as a hunting forest attached to the local manor, and traces of that estate past survive in mature trees, old rides and lanes. Today the parish has a tiny population, an economy focused on agriculture and estate land management, and a quiet, close‑knit feel - many people commute to nearby towns such as Salisbury and Andover while locals make the most of footpaths, country pursuits and village connections.
Postcode districts covering Chute Forest
Most populated places nearby
- Southampton 24.9 miles40.1 km
- Swindon 23.3 miles37.6 km
- Basingstoke 19.9 miles32 km
- Eastleigh 22.2 miles35.7 km
- Eastleigh Town 22.8 miles36.6 km
- Winchester 17.3 miles27.8 km
- Salisbury 17 miles27.3 km
- Andover 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Totton 24 miles38.7 km
- Totton and Eling 24.2 miles38.9 km
- Newbury 14 miles22.5 km
- Thatcham 15.8 miles25.5 km
Neighbouring places
- Chute Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Appleshaw Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Tangley Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Penton Grafton Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Charlton & the Pentons Ward 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Ludgershall Built-up area 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Penton Mewsey and Penton Grafton Built-up area 3 miles4.8 km
- Fyfield Parish 3 miles4.9 km
- Penton Mewsey Parish 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Kimpton Parish 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Tidcombe and Fosbury Parish 3.3 miles5.3 km
- Ludgershall North & Rural Ward 3.4 miles5.4 km
Example postcodes in Chute Forest
SP11 9DR, SP11 9DP, SP11 9DG, SP11 9DS, SP11 9EB, SP11 9JE, SP11 9DQ, SP11 9DE, SP11 9DH … See all
Transport links
- Southampton Airport 23.5 miles37.7 km
- Bournemouth Airport 35.8 miles57.6 km
- Andover Railway Station 4.6 miles7.5 km
- Grateley Railway Station 7.2 miles11.6 km
Hotels near Chute Forest Ad
- The Star and Garter 4 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Best Western Andover 5.8 miles9.3 km
- The Furze Bush Inn 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Gray Manor Hotel 3 7.1 miles11.4 km
- The White Hart 2 9.7 miles15.6 km
Local points of interest
- Ramridge House Estate 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Wolf Hall Historic site 7.5 miles12.1 km
- Savernake Forest Forest 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Durrington Walls Archaeological site 11.4 miles18.3 km
- Amesbury Abbey Historic site 11.8 miles19 km
- Stonehenge Archaeological site 13.2 miles21.2 km
- Norman Court Estate 14 miles22.6 km
- Newbury Racecourse Recreation 14.2 miles22.8 km
- Oakley Hall Estate 15.4 miles24.8 km
- Silbury Hill Archaeological site 16.6 miles26.7 km
- Avebury Stones Archaeological site 17.1 miles27.5 km
- Roman wall Archaeological site 17.4 miles27.9 km