Chalford
Sign in to saveChalford is a large village in the Frome Valley of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It is to the southeast of Stroud about upstream. It gives its name to Chalford parish, which covers the villages of Chalford, Chalford Hill, France Lynch, Bussage and Brownshill, spread over of the Cotswold countryside. At this point the valley is also called the Golden Valley.
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Place details
- Locality
- Stroud
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 6,776
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Chalford
- UK place.population
- 6,215
- UK place.population_ref
- (parish, 2011 census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Chalford
- UK place.shire_district
- Stroud
- UK place.shire_county
- Gloucestershire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Stroud
- UK place.post_town
- Stroud
- UK place.postcode_district
- GL6
- UK place.postcode_area
- GL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01453
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- Kingdom of England
- Located in
- Stroud
- Population
- +6215
- Image
- Chalford.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
14 sectionsContents
- Governance
- History
- Architecture
- Surviving mills in Chalford parish
- Notable former mill owners' houses
- Listed buildings
- Modern Chalford
- Notable residents
- Brownshill
- Golden Valley
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Chalford is a large village in the Frome Valley of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It is to the southeast of Stroud about upstream. It gives its name to Chalford parish, which covers the villages of Chalford, Chalford Hill, France Lynch, Bussage and Brownshill, spread over of the Cotswold countryside. At this point the valley is also called the Golden Valley.
==Governance== An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward covers a similar area to the parish but extends to the Brimscombe and Thrupp ward. The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 6,509.