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Silchester
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For the Roman town, see Calleva Atrebatum.
Silchester is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) north of Basingstoke in Hampshire. It is adjacent to the county boundary with Berkshire and about 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Reading.
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![]() The village sign in front of Silchester Village Hall, showing St Mary's Church | |
Location within Hampshire | |
Population | 918 (2001 census)[1] 921 (2011 Census including Little London)[2] |
OS grid reference | SU6262 |
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Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Reading |
Postcode district | RG7 |
Dialling code | 0118 |
Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Silchester Parish Council |
51.353°N 1.101°W / 51.353; -1.101 |
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Silchester is most notable for the archaeological site and Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum, an Iron Age and later Atrebates Celtic settlement first occupied by the Romans in about AD 45, and which includes what is considered the best-preserved Roman wall in Great Britain and the remains of what may be one of the oldest Christian churches.