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 Painswick Town Hall and Painswick House.

Painswick Town Hall

Public building

Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Painswick Town Hall is a municipal building in Victoria Square, Painswick, Gloucestershire, England. The building, which is used as an events venue and also as the offices of Painswick Parish Council, is a Grade II listed building. Painswick Town Hall is situated 1 mile south of Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods.

Painswick House

Apartment building

Photo: Mike Baldwin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Painswick House is a Neoclassical country house in Painswick, Gloucestershire, England. It was built c.1737 for Charles Hyett by the architect John Strahan. Painswick House is situated 2,800 feet south of Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods.

Church of St Mary

Church

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Church of St Mary is situated 1 mile south of Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Painswick and Edge.

Painswick

Town

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Painswick is a town and civil parish in the Stroud District in Gloucestershire, England. Originally the town grew from the wool trade, but it is now best known for its parish church's yew trees and the local Painswick Rococo Garden.

Edge

Village

Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Edge is a village in the civil parish of Painswick, Gloucestershire, England. The village is situated in an area of the Cotswolds that falls within the Stroud District.

Brookthorpe

Village

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brookthorpe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brookthorpe-with-Whaddon, in the Stroud district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 194. It has a church called St Swithun's Church. Brookthorpe is situated 2 miles west of Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods.

Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods

Type: Protected area
Location: Painswick, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.80029° or 51° 48′ 1″ north

Longitude

-2.19755° or 2° 11′ 51″ west

Open location code

9C3VRR22+4X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 925954247

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