Great Rissington

Places of Interest

RAF Little Rissington

Aerodrome

Photo: Eltep, Public domain.

Royal Air Force Little Rissington or more simply RAF Little Rissington is a Royal Air Force satellite station in Gloucestershire, England. It was once home to the Central Flying School, the Vintage Pair and the Red Arrows.

Church of St Mary, Great Barrington

Church

Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Mary, Great Barrington is situated 2½ miles south of Great Rissington.

Birdland Park and Gardens

Zoo

Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Birdland Park and Gardens, often called Birdland, is a wildlife park in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. First opened in 1957, the park moved to its current site in 1989. Birdland Park and Gardens is situated 2½ miles northwest of Great Rissington.

Places in the Area

Bourton-on-the-Water

Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.

Bourton-on-the-Water is famed for its picturesque High Street. Lying on the meandering River Windrush with several low arched stone bridges resulted in the village becoming known as "Venice of the Cotswolds".

Fifield

Village

Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fifield is a village and civil parish about 4 miles north of Burford in Oxfordshire. The western boundary of the parish forms part of the county boundary with Gloucestershire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 240. Fifield is situated 2½ miles east of Great Rissington.

Idbury

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Idbury is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold Hills in Oxfordshire, about 4+1⁄2 miles southeast of Stow-on-the-Wold in neighbouring Gloucestershire. Idbury is situated 2½ miles northeast of Great Rissington.

Great Rissington

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Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

Curious Places to Discover

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