Chilcote

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in England}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Chilcote

| country = England

| region = East Midlands

| shire_district = North West Leicestershire

| coordinates = {{coord|52.699865|N|1.590398|W}}

| civil_parish = Chilcote

| post_town = SWADLINCOTE

| postcode_area = DE

| postcode_district = DE12

| dial_code = 01283

| shire_county = Leicestershire

| constituency_westminster = Hinckley and Bosworth

| population = 200

| population_ref = (2011 Census)

| static_image_name = Chilcote Church - geograph.org.uk - 743739.jpg

| static_image_caption = Chilcote Parish Church

}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}

Chilcote is a village and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England. Until 1897 it was in Derbyshire. The parish had a population of 108 according to the 2001 census, including Stretton-en-le-Field and increasing to 200 at the 2011 census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121911&c=Chilcote&d=16&e=62&g=6445253&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1465481951122&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=9 June 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011085930/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121911&c=Chilcote&d=16&e=62&g=6445253&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1465481951122&enc=1|url-status=live}}

The village's name means 'the cottages of the children'.{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Chilcote|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|access-date=18 August 2021|archive-date=18 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818073849/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Leicestershire/Chilcote|url-status=live}}

Chilcote lies close to the borders of Derbyshire (to the north), Staffordshire (to the west), and Warwickshire (to the south). Roads from the village only lead to Derbyshire and Warwickshire. It is therefore not possible to travel by road from Chilcote to any other part of Leicestershire without first leaving the county.

Chilcote also plays host to an almost unique geographic phenomenon within the UK, in that its parent county, Leicestershire, borders neighbouring Staffordshire directly over a distance of only about a mile. The boundary is accessible to pedestrians and within easy walking distance of the village centre. There is only one other example in UK of a county boundary this short, and the geography makes it possible to complete a local walk{{Cite web|title=Viv's Website - Walks|url=https://sites.google.com/view/vivweb01/walks|access-date=2021-09-01|website=sites.google.com|language=en-US}} on public rights of way taking in four different counties in under two hours.