Chipping Sodbury is a market town in the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire, south-west England, founded in the 12th century by William Crassus (or le Gros). The villages of Old Sodbury and Little Sodbury are nearby. At the 2001 census the population of Chipping Sodbury was 5,066, but in the last decade the town has become part of a much larger built-up area due to the rapid expansion of nearby Yate, with which it is contiguous to the west. At the census the combined population of Yate and Chipping Sodbury was 26,855.
Population: 36,108
Latitude: 51° 32' 17.27" N
Longitude: -2° 23' 37.64" W
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This article is about South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS) made up of the former Filton and Stroud colleges.
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