Gloucestershire
Cotswold District
Upper Rissington

Upper Rissington

Upper Rissington is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of , England. It is located about two-and-a-half miles east of and is one of the highest villages in the Cotswolds at an elevation of 275 m.
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Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 2,000 residents
  • Description: village in Gloucestershire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Upper Rissington, Gloucestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include RAF Little Rissington and Birdland Park and Gardens.

Aerodrome
Photo: Eltep, Public domain.
Royal Air Force Little Rissington or more simply is a Royal Air Force satellite station in , . It was once home to the Central Flying School, the Vintage Pair and the Red Arrows.

Zoo
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, often called Birdland, is a wildlife park in , , England. First opened in 1957, the park moved to its current site in 1989. is situated 2 miles west of Upper Rissington.

Museum
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a museum in the village of , , . It features motoring history of the 20th century. is situated 2½ miles west of Upper Rissington.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westcote and Wyck Rissington.

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

Village
Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.
is a village and civil parish in the picturesque hills of , England. The village is located 1.5 miles north-east of .

Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the , near to Stow on the Wold. The population taken at the 2011 census was 202. The village appears as Iacumbe in the Domesday Book. is situated 1½ miles north of Upper Rissington.

Upper Rissington

Latitude
51.87788° or 51° 52′ 40″ north
Longitude
-1.7045° or 1° 42′ 16″ west
Population
2,000
Elevation
764 feet (233 metres)
Open location code
9C3WV7HW+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 813596756
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12265057
Wiki­data ID
Q2172585
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Upper Rissington” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Upper Rissington”
  • Cebuano: “Upper Rissington”
  • Dutch: “Upper Rissington”
  • French: “Upper Rissington”
  • Irish: “Upper Rissington”
  • Italian: “Upper Rissington”
  • Ladin: “Upper Rissington”
  • Persian: “آپر ریسینگتون”
  • Polish: “Upper Rissington”
  • Portuguese: “Upper Rissington, Gloucestershire”
  • Portuguese: “Upper Rissington”
  • Spanish: “Upper Rissington”
  • Swedish: “Upper Rissington”
  • Welsh: “Upper Rissington”
  • “Upper Rissington”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Folland Play Park and Upper Rissington Village Hall.

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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 “Upper Rissington”. Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.