Pitton | |
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![]() White Hill, Pitton | |
Location within
Wiltshire | |
Population | 751 (parish, in 2011) [1] |
OS grid reference | SU212313 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Salisbury |
Postcode district | SP5 |
Dialling code | 01722 |
Police | Wiltshire |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Parish Council |
Pitton is a village in Wiltshire, England, about 7 miles (11 km) east of Salisbury, just off the A30 London Road.
A Roman road (now a bridleway) forms the northern boundary of the parish and is a scheduled monument. [2]
The civil parish of Pitton and Farley encompasses the villages of Pitton and Farley. The parish elects a parish council. It is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which is responsible for all significant local government functions.
The Anglican Church of St Peter is Grade II* listed. [3] [4] It dates from the 12th century and was restored in 1878–80 by Ewan Christian. There is a window by C.E. Kempe. The church was a chapelry of Alderbury until 1874 when the parish of Farley with Pitton was established, with Farley church as the parish church. [5] Today the parish is one of the ten covered by the Clarendon team ministry. [6]
A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1888 and extended with a schoolroom in 1934. [7] From 2008 to 2011 the building housed an independent school (Milford Park School) and in 2013 it was converted into two residential dwellings. [8]
The village has a shop and post office, a pub (The Silver Plough), a park, a village hall and a small recreation ground. Pitton CE Primary School is on the western edge of the village. [9]
The Clarendon Way recreational footpath between Salisbury and Winchester passes through the village.
Buses into Pitton are run by Wilts & Dorset, serving two bus stops (one by the park, one at the crossroads). The main buses are the 88 & 89 to Winterslow, although there is also an X87.
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