Chipping Sodbury

Chipping Sodbury
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)[1]
OS grid reference	ST726822
Civil parish	Sodbury
Unitary authority	South Gloucestershire
Ceremonial county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRISTOL
Postcode district	BS37
Dialling code	01454
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Thornbury and Yate
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°32′17″N 2°23′38″W / 51.538°N 2.394°W / 51.538; -2.394

Chipping Sodbury is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of South Gloucestershire, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Bristol and directly east of Yate. The town was founded in the 12th century by William le Gros. It is the main settlement in the civil parish of Sodbury, which also includes the village of Old Sodbury.

At the 2011 census the population of Chipping Sodbury was 5,045, but the town has since become part of a larger built-up area due to the rapid expansion of nearby neighbouring town, Yate. The two towns are both contiguous with one and other.