Odstock

Odstock
Bluebells in Odstock woods
Odstock is located in Wiltshire
Odstock
Odstock
Location within Wiltshire
Population554 (in 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSU148261
Civil parish
  • Odstock
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSalisbury
Postcode districtSP5
Dialling code01722
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
WebsiteParish Council
List of places
UK
England
Wiltshire
51°02′02″N 1°47′28″W / 51.034°N 1.791°W / 51.034; -1.791

Odstock is a village and civil parish 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England.[2] The parish includes the village of Nunton with its nearby hamlet of Bodenham. The parish is in the valley of the River Ebble, which joins the Hampshire Avon near Bodenham.

In the woods about Odstock are earthworks. The meaning of the name is probably "Odo's stockade".[citation needed]

Odstock Down is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. ^ AA Book of British Villages. Drive Publications Limited. 1980. p. 302. ISBN 9780340254875.