Bredon
Bredon is a village and civil parish in Wychavon district at the southern edge of Worcestershire in England. It lies on the banks of the River Avon on the lower slopes of Bredon Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,940 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bredon, Worcestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Royal Oak Inn and Fox and Hounds Inn.
Bredon Barn
Building
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bredon Barn is a large 14th-century threshing barn located at Bredon, Worcestershire, England, standing close to the River Avon. The barn was built for the Bishops of Worcester, who were the lords of the manor, from local Cotswold stone, measuring approximately 40 by 12 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kemerton and Overbury.
Kemerton
Village
Photo: Paul Makepeace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kemerton is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire in England. It lies at the extreme south of the county in the local government district of Wychavon.
Overbury
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Overbury is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, midway between Evesham and Tewkesbury south of Bredon Hill. The name Overbury derives from the Old English ufanburh meaning 'upper fortification'. Overbury is situated 2 miles east of Bredon.
Ashchurch
Suburb
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashchurch is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ashchurch Rural, in the Tewkesbury district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England, 2 miles east of the town of Tewkesbury, 11 mi southwest of Evesham, 10 mi north of Cheltenham, 13 mi north-north-east of Gloucester and 10 mi south of Pershore. Ashchurch is situated 2½ miles south of Bredon.
Bredon
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Bredon, Wychavon District, Worcestershire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.03111° or 52° 1′ 52″ northLongitude
-2.11216° or 2° 6′ 44″ westPopulation
1,940Elevation
85 feet (26 metres)Open location code
9C4V2VJQ+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 21280907OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2654807Wikidata ID
Q1877352
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Bredon” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բրեդոն”
- Basque: “Bredon”
- Cebuano: “Bredon”
- Chinese: “Bredon”
- Chinese: “布里登 (伍斯特郡)”
- Dutch: “Bredon”
- Finnish: “Bredon”
- French: “Bredon”
- Irish: “Bredon”
- Ladin: “Bredon”
- Latin: “Briodunum”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bredon”
- Polish: “Bredon”
- Spanish: “Bredon”
- Swedish: “Bredon”
- Turkish: “Bredon”
- Welsh: “Bredon”
- “Bredon”
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Notable Places Nearby
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