Chipping Sodbury

Chipping Sodbury
The wide main street of Chipping Sodbury. Cars are parked where market stalls would once have been.
Chipping Sodbury is located in Gloucestershire
Chipping Sodbury
Chipping Sodbury
Location within Gloucestershire
Population5,500 (2021 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceST726822
Civil parish
  • Sodbury
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRISTOL
Postcode districtBS37
Dialling code01454
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51°32′17″N 2°23′38″W / 51.538°N 2.394°W / 51.538; -2.394

Chipping Sodbury is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of South Gloucestershire, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Bristol and directly east of Yate. The town was founded in the 12th century by William le Gros. It is the main settlement in the civil parish of Sodbury, which also includes the village of Old Sodbury.

At the 2011 census the population of Chipping Sodbury was 5,045, but the town has since become part of a larger built-up area due to the rapid expansion of nearby neighbouring town, Yate. The two towns are contiguous with one another.

  1. ^ "SODBURY". City population. Retrieved 25 October 2022.