I listed country house completed in 1592, now a hotel and leisure centre, is upstream on the other site of the Kennet in Ramsbury parish. Part of its estate is in Chilton Foliat parish. Notable residents Littlecote House was the seat of Sir Ernest Salter Wills, 3rd Baronet of Hazelwood, a member of the Wills tobacco family dynasty. Auberon Waugh lived at the Old Rectory from 1964 to 1971. Max Hastings, journalist, historian and author, lives here. Amenities The village has a public house, the Wheatsheaf (in an early 19th-century thatched house) and a village hall (dating from 1895). A Church of England primary school serves Chilton Foliat and nearby villages. A National School opened in 1835, and in 1847 moved to the north side of the main street. In 1970 the school moved to a new building at Stag Hill. Much of the Kennet floodplain within the parish has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), owing to the presence of the rare Desmoulin's whorl snail. An area of watermeadow southwest of the village, Chilton Foliat Meadows, is also an SSSI for its diverse flora and variety of birds. Television appearances The 1987 BBC Television programme The Victorian Kitchen Garden, featuring head gardener Harry Dodson (1919–2005), was filmed at Chilton Lodge which lies between Chilton Foliat and the Berkshire hamlet of Leverton. Chilton Foliat is referred to in the 2001 HBO series Band of Brothers as the location where Captain Herbert Sobel was sent to train non-combat military support personnel who needed paratrooper training. References Sources External links Chilton Foliat at Wiltshire Community History Chilton Foliat website Villages in Wiltshire Civil parishes in Wiltshire