Chawton

Chawton
Jane Austen's House
Chawton is located in Hampshire
Chawton
Chawton
Location within Hampshire
Population445 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSU710373
Civil parish
  • Chawton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townALTON
Postcode districtGU34
Dialling code01420
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
51°07′58″N 0°59′19″W / 51.13271°N 0.98873°W / 51.13271; -0.98873

Chawton is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. The village lies within the South Downs National Park[2] and is famous as the home of Jane Austen for the last eight years of her life.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Natural England - Western section". Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.