The Sling

The Sling is a forest in , , . The Sling is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hailes Abbey and Stanway House.

Museum
Photo: Bill Tyne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a former Cistercian abbey, in the small village of Hailes, two miles northeast of , , . It was founded in 1246 as a daughter establishment of in .

Manor estate
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Jacobean manor house near the village of in , England. The manor of Stanway was owned by for 800 years, then for 500 years by the Tracy family and their descendants, the Earls of Wemyss and March.

Railway station
Photo: Roger Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of in , . Since 1984 it has been the main base of operations for the heritage Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Winchcombe and Broadway.

Photo: Prichardson, Public domain.
is a town of 5,300 people in the . is a popular destination for walkers and history fans. With people often visiting the running Gloucestershire Warwickshire Heritage Railway steam train that connects it to Broadway and the Cheltenham Racecourse; and Sudeley Castle, the burial place of Queen Katherine Parr, that lies on its outskirts.

Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a well-known and much-visited village in the county of . Often referred to as the "Jewel of the Cotswolds" and the "Show Village of England" because of its archetypal rural beauty, the 'Broad Way' leads from the…

Village
Photo: Dave Bushell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in Tewkesbury Borough in , England. It lies less than a mile south of the village of , and is in the civil parish of Buckland.

The Sling

Latitude
51.9937° or 51° 59′ 37″ north
Longitude
-1.921° or 1° 55′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C3WX3VH+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 152127021
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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