Dauntsey

Dauntsey
19th-century school and almshouses, Dauntsey
Dauntsey is located in Wiltshire
Dauntsey
Dauntsey
Location within Wiltshire
Population581 (in 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceST993819
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHIPPENHAM
Postcode districtSN15
Dialling code01249
01666
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
WebsiteParish Council
List of places
UK
England
Wiltshire
51°32′10″N 2°00′40″W / 51.536°N 2.011°W / 51.536; -2.011

Dauntsey is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It gives its name to the Dauntsey Vale in which it lies. The village is set on slightly higher ground in the floodplain of the upper Bristol Avon.

Today, the parish is split by the M4 motorway, with a chain of historic smaller settlements spread either side. Dauntsey Green is north of the motorway, along with Dauntsey Church at the entrance to Dauntsey Park; to the south are Greenman's Lane, Sodom and Dauntsey Lock. Dauntsey Lock is on the Wilts & Berks Canal (presently being restored), the course of which runs alongside the Bristol-London mainline railway.

  1. ^ "Dauntsey: Population". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 10 April 2023.