Chilton Foliat

Chilton Foliat
Chilton Foliat is located in Wiltshire
Chilton Foliat
Chilton Foliat
Location within Wiltshire
Population363 (in 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSU321704
Civil parish
  • Chilton Foliat
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHungerford
Postcode districtRG17
Dialling code01488
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
Websitewww.chiltonfoliat.com
List of places
UK
England
Wiltshire
51°25′55″N 1°32′24″W / 51.432°N 1.540°W / 51.432; -1.540
River Kennet at Chilton Foliat

Chilton Foliat is a village and civil parish on the River Kennet in Wiltshire, England. The parish is in the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is on the county boundary with West Berkshire and is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the Berkshire market town of Hungerford.

The village is on the B4192 Hungerford-Swindon road, which was the A419 until 1977, when it was redesignated after the opening of the M4 motorway.[2] The parish includes the hamlets of Straight Soley and Crooked Soley.

  1. ^ "Wiltshire Community History – Census". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  2. ^ Crowley, D.A. (ed.). "Victoria County History – Wiltshire – Vol 16 pp88-109 – Chilton Foliat". British History Online. University of London. Retrieved 3 April 2016.