Great Witcombe
Great Witcombe is a village and civil parish 5 miles south east of Gloucester, in the Tewkesbury district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 80.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 83 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England
- Also known as: “Whitcomb” and “Witcombe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knap House Quarry, Birdlip and Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods.
Knap House Quarry, Birdlip
Protected area
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knap House Quarry, Birdlip is a 1.80-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974. The site is listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 as a Key Wildlife Site and a Regionally Important Geological Site.
Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods
Protected area
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods is a 665.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1954. The Commons and Beechwoods lie within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Brockworth Community Library
Library
Brockworth Community Library is situated 1½ miles northwest of Great Witcombe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birdlip and Brockworth.
Birdlip
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birdlip is a village and civil parish, in the Cotswold district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty 6 miles south of Cheltenham and 8 miles south east of Gloucester.
Brockworth
Suburb
Photo: Sharon Loxton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brockworth is a village and parish in the Borough of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, situated on the old Roman road that connects the City of Gloucester with Barnwood.
Cranham
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cranham is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire. Forming part of the district of Stroud, it is to be found a mile or so east of the A46 road between Stroud and Cheltenham. Cranham is situated 1½ miles southwest of Great Witcombe.
Great Witcombe
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Great Witcombe, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.83263° or 51° 49′ 58″ northLongitude
-2.13194° or 2° 7′ 55″ westPopulation
83Elevation
335 feet (102 metres)Open location code
9C3VRVM9+36OpenStreetMap ID
node 326527286OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2647990Wikidata ID
Q19722262
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Great Witcombe” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Great Witcombe”
- Dutch: “Great Witcombe”
- French: “Great Witcombe”
- Irish: “Great Witcombe”
- Ladin: “Great Witcombe”
- Polish: “Great Witcombe”
- Portuguese: “Great Witcombe”
- Swedish: “Great Witcombe”
- Turkish: “Great Witcombe”
- Welsh: “Great Witcombe”
- “Great Witcombe”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Great Witcombe”. Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.