Chilbolton
Chilbolton is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, near to Stockbridge.
Chilbolton is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, near to Stockbridge. It is situated 18 miles (29 km) north of Southampton and four miles (6.4 km) south of Andover. Its most notable feature is the Chilbolton Observatory situated on the disused RAF Chilbolton airfield. The parish church of St Mary the Less dates back to the 12th century, on the site of an earlier wooden church; it is noticeable for its low tower. The River Test runs through Chilbolton Common.
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Worth seeing in and around Chilbolton
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Longstock Park
Longstock Park is in the civil parish of Longstock in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, and forms part of the Leckford Estate, wholly owned by the John Lewis Partnership.
2.6 km · park in Hampshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Chilbolton Common
Chilbolton Common is a 35.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Chilbolton in Hampshire. This site comprises a stretch of the River Test and its neighbouring flood plain.
700 m · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 03Bransbury Common
Bransbury Common is a 158.6-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Andover in Hampshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. This site has two different habitats.
2.3 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia
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Getting to Chilbolton
- Airports
- London Heathrow (LHR), 76 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 87 km · Bristol (BRS), 92 km
- London → Chilbolton99 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · £10–13
- Bristol → Chilbolton87 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · £12–16
- Luton, Luton → Chilbolton107 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £12–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Chilbolton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chilbolton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Chilbolton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Chilbolton
Chilbolton is 47 km from Reading, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Wherwellvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, England, UK1.1 km
- Leckfordvillage and civil parish in Hampshire, England, UK2.8 km
- Goodworth Clatfordvillage in Hampshire, England, UK3.9 km
- Fullertonvillage in Hampshire, England, UK1.6 km
- Bransburyvillage in Hampshire, England, UK3.7 km
- Chilbolton Downvillage in Hampshire, England, UK3.4 km