Chipping Sodbury
Chipping Sodbury is a market town in the unitary authority area of South Gloucestershire, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England. Situated 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Bristol, it was founded in the 12th century by William le Gros. It is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Sodbury, which also includes the village of Old Sodbury. Sodbury parish council has elected to be known as Sodbury Town Council. Little Sodbury is a nearby but separate civil parish.
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The wide main street of Chipping Sodbury. Cars are parked where market stalls would once have been. | |
Chipping Sodbury Location within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 5,500 (2021 Census) |
| OS grid reference | ST726822 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRISTOL |
| Postcode district | BS37 |
| Dialling code | 01454 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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At the 2011 census the population of Chipping Sodbury was 5,045, but since the 1999s the town has become part of a larger built-up area due to the rapid expansion of nearby Yate, with which it is contiguous to the west. At the census the combined population of Yate and Chipping Sodbury was 26,834.