Chitterne is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, in the south west of England.

The village lies in the middle of Salisbury Plain, about 7 miles (11 km) east of the town of Warminster.

The name of Chitterne is first attested in the Domesday Book, as Cetre and Celtre; similar forms continue to be a found through the thirteenth century.

But Eilert Ekwall and subsequent commentators concluded that the first element of the name was the Common Brittonic word that survives in modern Welsh as coed ("woodland").

The latter has an uninhabited "German Village" used by the British Army for training in street warfare (FIBUA - Fighting in Built-up Areas).

A few miles to the north, across Salisbury Plain in the "Danger Area", and now part of Heytesbury parish, lies the remains of the ancient village of Imber.

Most local government services are provided by Wiltshire Council, which has its offices in Trowbridge, 15 miles (24 km) to the north.

The village is represented in Parliament by the MP for South West Wiltshire, Andrew Murrison.