| Chelston | |
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 Shops in Chelston Old Mill Road in 2006 | |
  Chelston Location within Devon | |
| Population | 7,951 [1] |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Torquay |
| Postcode district | TQ2 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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Chelston is an area of Torquay, Devon, England, and one of the town's most historic and best preserved Victorian suburbs, with many of the area's typical red sandstone buildings designated within the Chelston Conservation Area.[2] Its statistical area is part of the Cockington with Chelston ward, which includes the neighbouring areas of Cockington and Livermead.[3] The population of the entire ward is 7,951 as of 2018.[1]
The modern day area of Chelston is located almost entirely west of the Riviera Line railway tracks, with its northern boundaries taking in the lower half of Queensway and Sherwell Valley, bordered to the west with Cockington Village, and to the south by Corbyn Head and the sea.
- ^ a b WARD OVERVIEW COCKINGTON WITH CHELSTON 2018
- ^ "Chelston Conservation Area Character Appraisal" (PDF). 19 December 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Cockington with Chelston Ward Map" (PDF). torbay.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2021.