Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods
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.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Knap House Quarry, Birdlip and Great Witcombe Roman Villa.
Knap House Quarry, Birdlip
Protected area
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knap House Quarry, Birdlip is a 1.80-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974. The site is listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 as a Key Wildlife Site and a Regionally Important Geological Site. Knap House Quarry, Birdlip is situated 4,200 feet northeast of Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods.
Great Witcombe Roman Villa
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Great Witcombe Roman Villa is situated 1¼ miles west of Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods.
Brimpsfield Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brimpsfield Castle was a castle in the village of Brimpsfield in the county of Gloucestershire, England, between Gloucester and Cirencester. It is likely that the first castle was built after the Norman invasion. Brimpsfield Castle is situated 1½ miles east of Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birdlip and Great Witcombe.
Birdlip
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birdlip is a village and civil parish, in the Cotswold district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty 6 miles south of Cheltenham and 8 miles south east of Gloucester.
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.
Brimpsfield
Village
Photo: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brimpsfield is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The village is recorded in Domesday Book as Brimesfelde. Brimpsfield Castle was built in the village during the Norman period.
Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods
Latitude
51.8201° or 51° 49′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.11848° or 2° 7′ 7″ westOpen location code
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