Chalford
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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.
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- Locality
- Stroud
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 6,776
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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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
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO898028
- UK place.static_image_name
- Chalford.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Frome valley showing Chalford High Street
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 6215
- Image
- Chalford.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01453
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- Chalford
- postal code
- GL6
- OS grid reference
- SO898028
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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.
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