Westcote

Westcote is a civil parish in the Cotswold district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Church Westcote, the main settlement and the location of the parish church, is about 4 miles south-southeast of Stow-on-the-Wold, just east of the A424 road to Burford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include RAF Little Rissington and Church of St Nicholas.

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 Nicholas

Church

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St John the Baptist

Church

Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold.

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".

Stow-on-the-Wold

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stow-on-the-Wold is a town in the North Cotswolds in England. The town centre, whilst small, is extremely beautiful, focused around the large market square and the pretty little streets leading off it.

Shipton-under-Wychwood

Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.

Shipton-under-Wychwood is a village in the Evenlode Valley in Oxfordshire, England. Nestled in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, it is a peaceful stop on the Oxfordshire Way long-distance trail.

Westcote

Type: Locality
Location: Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.8827° or 51° 52′ 58″ north

Longitude

-1.6821° or 1° 40′ 56″ west

Elevation

663 feet (202 metres)

Open location code

9C3WV8M9+35

GeoNames ID

7295169

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