Welcome to the official web site for Charfield Parish Council.

Charfield is a middling sized parish of about a thousand homes, located on the border between the counties of South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire. Close enough to the M5 motorway to make commuting feasible, and yet far enough away to retain a countryside feel, Charfield lies on the English side of the River Severn between Bristol and Gloucester, close by the Cotswold market town of Wotton Under Edge.

Charfield village has three pubs, a primary school, a post office, a playing field, a handful of small shops and a railway line that runs through the middle (as do the trains, which don’t stop at the disused station). In the heart of the village lies the Memorial Hall, managed by seperate committee. Historically, the village is noted as the location of a fatal multiple train crash in 1928, which is now commemorated by a monument in the Old Church.

This web site intends to reflect the purpose and intention of the Parish Council, and we hope it will raise the profile of the Council and of the work it carries out. Feedback from the residents of Charfield Parish is actively encouraged. It’s all about you, really.

Charfield Parish : 2001 Census Details