Urchfont

Urchfont
Millennium Stone, Urchfont
Urchfont is located in Wiltshire
Urchfont
Urchfont
Location within Wiltshire
Population1,075 (in 2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSU0457
Civil parish
  • Urchfont
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDevizes
Postcode districtSN10
Dialling code01380
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
WebsiteParish Council
List of places
UK
England
Wiltshire
51°18′43″N 1°56′38″W / 51.312°N 1.944°W / 51.312; -1.944

Urchfont is a rural village and civil parish in the southwest of the Vale of Pewsey and north of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, about 3+12 miles (6 km) southeast of the market town of Devizes. The hamlet of Cuckoo's Corner is in the northwest of the village; the parish includes the hamlets of Wedhampton (grid reference SU060577) and Lydeway (SU052578).[2] The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 1,075.[3]

Urchfont village lies mostly to the north of the B3098 road which connects Market Lavington to the A342 Devizes-Upavon road. The parish narrows as it extends southeast onto Salisbury Plain and into the military training area.

  1. ^ "Wiltshire Community History – Census". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ^ Parish Council
  3. ^ "Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2015.