Towns & cities · South East England
Codford
Codford — village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Codford is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 821 people. Address: BA12. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England". Coordinates: 51.1566°, -2.0443°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Avon System SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Codford is a civil parish south of Salisbury Plain in the Wylye Valley in Wiltshire, England. Its settlements are the adjacent villages of Codford St Peter and Codford St Mary, which lie some 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Warminster. The two villages are on the A36 road between Salisbury and Warminster. The A36 previously ran along the whole length of the High Street, but a bypass which was built in the 1990s removed the through traffic. The Chitterne Brook flows north–south through the parish, then turns southeast to flow through Codford St Mary before joining the Wylye.
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Background
History
A possible neolithic hillfort or enclosure, Codford Circle, stands at the summit of Codford Hill to the northeast of the villages. In the far north of the parish is Aston Valley Barrow Cemetery, a group of Bronze Age barrows. Anglo-Saxon records show that in the year 906 the area was known as 'Codan Ford' probably meaning 'the ford of Coda' (a man's name). The river which is forded is called the Wylye, which may mean winding, treacherous or tricky stream. The 11th-century Domesday survey records Codford as having 28 households, with a value of £16 10s (among three landlords), placing it among the larger settlements of the time. The Salisbury branch line of the Great Western Railway was…
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- Coordinates
- 51.1566, -2.0443
- District
- Wiltshire
- Parish
- Codford
- Postcode
- BA12
- Parliamentary constituency
- South West Wiltshire
- Population
- 821
- Official site
- codfordpc.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1926229 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Codford (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Army Camp Codford.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Codford?
- Codford is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BA12), in the parish of Codford.
- Is Codford a protected site?
- Yes — Codford is part of the River Avon System SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Codford free to visit?
- Yes, Codford is free to enter.
- How do I get to Codford?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BA12. It sits within the South West Wiltshire parliamentary constituency.