Kington

Kington is a hamlet in Oldbury-upon-Severn, South Gloucestershire, England. Kington is situated nearby to the locality Fowler’s Hill, as well as near the hamlet Mumbleys.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fewster’s Farmhouse and Thornbury Castle.

Fewster’s Farmhouse

Farmhouse

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thornbury Castle is a Tudor castle in the town of Thornbury, in Gloucestershire, England, erected next to the parish church of St Mary. Construction was begun in 1511 as a further residence for Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, of Stafford Castle in Staffordshire.

Marlwood School

School

Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Marlwood School is a state-funded co-educational secondary school currently part of the CSET multi-academy trust. Located at Alveston, South Gloucestershire, it is situated on the B3561 on the outskirts of the south-west of the village.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thornbury and Cowhill.

Thornbury

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Thornbury is one of the most interesting market towns in South Gloucestershire, known for historic tales of treason, murders and for its modern day array of independent shops.

Cowhill

Hamlet

Oldbury-on-Severn is a small village near the mouth of the River Severn in the South Gloucestershire district of the county of Gloucestershire in the west of England.

Elberton

Village

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Elberton is a village in the civil parish of Aust, in the South Gloucestershire district, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England. In 2011 it had a population of 99. Elberton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Kington.

Kington

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Oldbury-upon-Severn, South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.60808° or 51° 36′ 29″ north

Longitude

-2.54633° or 2° 32′ 47″ west

Elevation

102 feet (31 metres)

Open location code

9C3VJF53+6F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8276544533

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

12265234

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