Cleeve Common

Cleeve Common is a 455-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England, notified in 1974. It is looked after by a small charity called Cleeve Common Trust, formally Cleeve Common Board of Conservators.

Photo: Terry Jacombs, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cleeve Hill and Belas Knap.

Cleeve Hill

Peak

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Cleeve Hill is the highest point both of the Cotswolds hill range and of the county of Gloucestershire, at 330 m. It is located on Cleeve Common, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest looked after by a small charity called Cleeve Common Trust.

Belas Knap

Archaeological site

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Belas Knap is a Neolithic, chambered long barrow situated on Cleeve Hill, near Cheltenham and Winchcombe, in Gloucestershire, England. It is a type of monument known as the Cotswold Severn Cairn, all of which have a similar trapezoid shape, and are found scattered along the River Severn. Belas Knap is situated 1½ miles east of Cleeve Common.

Postlip Hall

Residential building

Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Postlip Hall is a residential building, which is situated 1 mile north of Cleeve Common.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southam and Woodmancote.

Southam

Village

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Southam is a village in Gloucestershire, England, located on the outskirts of Cheltenham. Its main features are a Manor House, which has now been converted to a hotel, a 12th Century Church and the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, which runs through the outskirts of the village. Southam is situated 1½ miles west of Cleeve Common.

Woodmancote

Village

Photo: Paul Higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Woodmancote is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. The parish lies immediately east of Bishop's Cleeve; the village is about 3+1⁄2 miles north of Cheltenham. Woodmancote is situated 2 miles northwest of Cleeve Common.

Prestbury

Village

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Prestbury is a village and civil parish in the borough of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. Part of the Tewkesbury parliamentary constituency, it lies approximately 1.5 miles north-east of Cheltenham town centre, at the foot of Cleeve Hill and the Cotswold escarpment. Prestbury is situated 2 miles southwest of Cleeve Common.

Cleeve Common

Type: Protected area
Description: protected area in Gloucestershire, England
Location: Southam, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.92657° or 51° 55′ 36″ north

Longitude

-2.00522° or 2° 0′ 19″ west

Open location code

9C3VWXGV+JW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 178489371

Wikidata ID

Q5131060

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