Great Witcombe Roman Villa
Great Witcombe Roman Villa was a villa built during the Roman occupation of Britain. It is located on a hillside at Great Witcombe, near Gloucester in the English county of Gloucestershire. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument.Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Roman estate at Witcombe, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Great Witcombe Romano-British villa”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods and Prinknash Abbey.
Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods
Protected area
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods is a 665.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1954. The Commons and Beechwoods lie within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods is situated 3,700 feet south of Great Witcombe Roman Villa.
Prinknash Abbey
Church
Prinknash Abbey is a Roman Catholic monastery in the Vale of Gloucester in the Diocese of Clifton, near the village of Cranham, Gloucestershire. It belongs to the English Province of the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation, which is itself part of the worldwide Benedictine Confederation. Prinknash Abbey is situated 1¼ miles west of Great Witcombe Roman Villa.
Brockworth Community Library
Library
Brockworth Community Library is situated 1½ miles north of Great Witcombe Roman Villa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Witcombe and Cranham.
Great Witcombe
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Witcombe is a village and civil parish 5 miles south east of Gloucester, in the Tewkesbury district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 80.
Cranham
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cranham is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire. Forming part of the district of Stroud, it is to be found a mile or so east of the A46 road between Stroud and Cheltenham.
Brockworth
Suburb
Photo: Sharon Loxton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brockworth is a village and parish in the Borough of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, on the old Roman road that connects the City of Gloucester with Barnwood.
Great Witcombe Roman Villa
- Categories: Roman villa, tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Cranham, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.82677° or 51° 49′ 36″ northLongitude
-2.14741° or 2° 8′ 51″ westOperator
English HeritageOpen location code
9C3VRVG3+P2OpenStreetMap ID
way 32196058OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5600255
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“Great Witcombe Roman Villa” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大韋琴羅馬別墅”
- French: “villa romaine de Great Witcombe”
- French: “Villa romaine de Great Witcombe”
- German: “Villa Rustica (Witcombe)”
- German: “Villa Rustica”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tile Well and Coopers Hill Wood.
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