Market Lavington

Market Lavington
Village centre
Market Lavington
Market Lavington shown within Wiltshire
Population	2,213 (in 2011)
OS grid reference	SU014541
Unitary authority	Wiltshire
Ceremonial county	Wiltshire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DEVIZES
Postcode district	SN10
Dialling code	01380
Police	Wiltshire
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Devizes
Website	www.marketlavington.org.uk
List of places UK England Wiltshire 51°17′00″N 1°59′00″W / 51.2833°N 1.9833°W / 51.2833; -1.9833Coordinates: 51°17′00″N 1°59′00″W / 51.2833°N 1.9833°W / 51.2833; -1.9833

Market Lavington is a civil parish and large village with a population of about 2,200 on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) south of the market town of Devizes. The parish includes the hamlets of Lavington Sands and Fiddington Sands.

Market Lavington was formerly considered to be a town and received a Royal Charter to hold a weekly market in the year 1254.

The civil 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 parish falls in 'The Lavingtons and Erlestoke' electoral ward. This ward starts in the south at West Lavington and stretches north to Worton. The total population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was 5,857.

The village has a Co-op supermarket, a pharmacist, a butcher, a post office, a florist, a hairdresser, a pub, a café and other small businesses. There is also a Nursing and Residential Home.

The Anglican Church of St Mary dates from the 13th century and is Grade I listed.

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