Charfield
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Charfield is a village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, south-west of Wotton-under-Edge near the Little Avon River and the villages of Falfield and Cromhall. The parish includes the hamlet of Churchend.
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- Locality
- Charfield
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,370
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- St. James church, Churchend - geograph.org.uk - 195886.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St. James church, Churchend
- UK place.official_name
- Charfield
- UK place.population
- 2538
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Charfield
- UK place.unitary_england
- South Gloucestershire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Gloucestershire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Thornbury and Yate
- UK place.post_town
- WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE
- UK place.postcode_district
- GL12
- UK place.postcode_area
- GL
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST7292
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 2538
- Image
- St. James church, Churchend - geograph.org.uk - 195886.jpg
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- Commons category
- Charfield
- postal code
- GL12
- OS grid reference
- ST724923
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Village
- Governance
- Railway
- Railway history
- Charfield Memorial Hall and Playing Field
- See also
- References
- External links
Charfield is a village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, south-west of Wotton-under-Edge near the Little Avon River and the villages of Falfield and Cromhall. The parish includes the hamlet of Churchend.
==Village== Charfield is a medium-sized village of about 2,500 residents with two pubs, The Railway Tavern and The Plough Inn, a convenience store with Post Office, a cafe, a petrol station with a small shop, a Co-op (opened December 2023) as well as two churches. There are seven main housing areas. Farm Lees, Longs View, Manor Lane and Woodlands have existed for some time. Two new housing developments were built in 2018-2019: St James Mews, opposite St John's Church, and Charfield Village, at the eastern end of the village near the Renishaw PLC site, as well as the Posket Way development, which includes the Bridge Cafe. The primary school has around 250 students.
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