East Kennett

East Kennett
A thatched terrace in East Kennett
East Kennett is located in Wiltshire
East Kennett
East Kennett
Location within Wiltshire
Population84 (in 2011) [1]
OS grid referenceSU119675
Civil parish
  • East Kennett
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMarlborough
Postcode districtSN8
Dialling code01672
PoliceWiltshire
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Wiltshire
51°24′22″N 1°49′52″W / 51.406°N 1.831°W / 51.406; -1.831

East Kennett is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Marlborough. The United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded a parish population of 84.[1]

The River Kennet forms most of the northern boundary of the parish, and the village lies close to the river.[2] The neighbouring village of West Kennett is on the opposite bank a short distance upstream,[3] in Avebury parish.[4]

  1. ^ a b "East Kennett Census Information". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 24 September 2014. Note: ONS raw data (as opposed to this County Council figure) is for an area 'too small to publish all data for reasons of confidentiality of living people', its parish data being combined with much of Avebury into output area E00162629; more demographic statistics will become available in a few decades from 2011
  2. ^ Kelly, Edward Robert (1875). Wiltshire. p. 190.
  3. ^ Google (4 September 2016). "East Kennett" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  4. ^ Draper, Simon (January 2006). Landscape, Settlement and Society in Roman and Early Medieval Wiltshire. Archaeopress. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-84171-976-4.

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