Chilbolton is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, near to Stockbridge. It is situated 18 mi north of Southampton and 4 mi south of Andover. Its most notable feature is the Chilbolton Observatory situated on the disused RAF Chilbolton airfield. The parish church of St Mary the Less dates back to the 12th century, on the site of an earlier wooden church. The River Test runs through Chilbolton Common. Chilbolton is recorded in the Domesday Book under the name Cilbodentune. Chilbolton has an inn called "The Abbots Mitre".