Country: | England |
Official Name: | Grimstead |
Static Image Name: | View towards West Grimstead - geograph.org.uk - 1740963.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | West Grimstead |
Population: | 248 |
Population Ref: | (in 2011)[1] |
Unitary England: | Wiltshire |
Lieutenancy England: | Wiltshire |
Region: | South West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Salisbury |
Post Town: | Salisbury |
Postcode District: | SP5 |
Postcode Area: | SP |
Dial Code: | 01722 |
Coordinates: | 51.041°N -1.688°W |
Os Grid Reference: | SU220269 |
Grimstead is a civil parish on the River Dun in Wiltshire, England, to the south-east of Salisbury. Its settlements are the villages of East Grimstead and West Grimstead. The 2011 census recorded a parish population of 534.
East Grimstead and West Grimstead each have an ecclesiastical parish with a parish church, dedicated to Holy Trinity and St John respectively.[2] [3] Today both are within the area of the Clarendon benefice, a group of nine rural parishes.[4]
The first tier of local government is Grimstead Parish Council.[5] The parish is in the area of Wiltshire Council unitary authority, which performs all significant local government functions. For parliamentary purposes, the parish falls within the Salisbury constituency.[6]