Chalton is a village and civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire

Central Bedfordshire

Central Bedfordshire is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. It was created from the merger of Bedfordshire County Council, Mid Bedfordshire and South Bedfordshire on 1 April 2009...

 district of Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

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, England

England

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, immediately north of the Luton

Luton

Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....

/Dunstable

Dunstable

Dunstable is a market town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills, 30 miles north of London. These geographical features form several steep chalk escarpments most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the north.-Etymology:In...

 conurbation and bounded to the east by the M1 motorway

M1 motorway

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 and the Midland Main Line railway line.
A footpath, locally known as the "Bound Way", borders the village to the south and south west.

Nearby places are Toddington

Toddington, Bedfordshire

Toddington is a large village and civil parish in the county of Bedfordshire, England which is situated 5 miles NNW of Luton, north of Dunstable, south west of Woburn and 35 miles NNW of London on the A5120 and B579. It is 0.5 miles from Junction 12 of the M1 motorway and lends its...

 (north west), Chalgrave

Chalgrave

thumb|left|Signpost for Chalgrave ParishChalgrave is a civil parish in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England. The hamlets of Tebworth and Wingfield are in the west of the parish, with the church and manor in the east. Nearby places are Toddington , Chalton , Houghton Regis ,...

 (west), Houghton Regis

Houghton Regis

Houghton Regis is a town and civil parish sandwiched between the major towns of Luton to the east and Dunstable to the west. The parish includes the ancient hamlets of Bidwell, Thorn and Sewell...

 (south-west), and Sundon

Sundon

Sundon is a civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire.There are two settlements: the one called Upper Sundon at the top of the hill is now the main village, and the presumably older one by the church is now a hamlet called Lower Sundon....

 (east).

Listed Buildings

There are several Grade II Listed Buildings in Chalton, including Gostelow House and Yew Tree Farm.

Education

Chalton Lower School stands in the centre of the village and accepts children beteween ages 4 and 9.

Media

Chalton is all the current home village for young, West End Star, Jack Wilcox.

Chalton became the centre of media attention in 2010 when in a breakthrough case a local woman was acquitted of keeping a brothel.