Upper Rissington
Upper Rissington is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is located about two-and-a-half miles east of Bourton-on-the-Water and is one of the highest villages in the Cotswolds at an elevation of 275 m.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.
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 west of Upper Rissington.
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.
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.
Upper Rissington
- Type: Locality
- Location: Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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