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| Chalton | |
|---|---|
 The Star public house | |
  Chalton Location withinBedfordshire | |
| Population | 554 (parish)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TL032263 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LUTON |
| Postcode district | LU4 |
| Police | Bedfordshire |
| Fire | Bedfordshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
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Chalton is a village andcivil parish in theCentral Bedfordshire district ofBedfordshire, England, immediately north of theLuton/Dunstable conurbation and bounded to the east by theM1 motorway and theMidland Main Line railway line.
A footpath, locally known as the "Bound Way", borders the village to the south and south west. This path now forms part of theChiltern Way.
The fields around Chalton below Carters hill are the source of theRiver Flit.
Nearby places areToddington (north west),Chalgrave (west),Houghton Regis (south west), andSundon (east).
There are several Grade IIlisted buildings in Chalton, including Gostelow House and Yew Tree Farm.
Chalton Lower School stands in the centre of the village and accepts children between ages 4 and 9.[2]
The local public house is called The Star.[3]
Chalton became the centre of media attention in 2010 when, in a breakthrough case, a local woman was acquitted of keeping a brothel.[4][5]
During the second world war a German bomber jettisoned a stick of bombs in Chalton, which fell on Carters hill and on the fields between the village and The Bound Way. All the bombs exploded but did no damage.
The civil parish contains a mainelectricity substation, to the west of the M1, south ofToddington services. From here, a 400kvline of pylons travels northwards all the way toWest Burton power station. This 150-mile line was the first full section to be built of the supergrid in 1965.[6] The 500 MW / 4 GWh (8-hour) Sundongrid battery is scheduled for 2030.[7]
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