Thames Head

Thames Head is a group of seasonal springs that arise in the Cotswolds, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Their location is in fields near the villages of Coates and Kemble, on either side of the A433 road, about three miles south-west of the town of Cirencester.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kemble Railway Station and Cotswold Airport.

Kemble Railway Station

Railway station

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Kemble railway station serves the village of Kemble, in Gloucestershire, England. It is a stop on the Swindon to Gloucester Golden Valley line, 90 miles 79 chains down the line from London Paddington. Kemble Railway Station is situated 1¼ miles south of Thames Head.

Cotswold Airport

Aerodrome

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Cotswold Airport is a private general aviation airport, near the village of Kemble in Gloucestershire, England. Located 5 miles southwest of Cirencester, it was built as a Royal Air Force station and was known as RAF Kemble. Cotswold Airport is situated 2 miles southwest of Thames Head.

Church of St Matthew

Church

Photo: Brian Robert Marshall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Matthew is situated 1 mile northwest of Thames Head.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kemble and Cirencester.

Kemble

Village

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Cirencester is a picturesque market town in the Cotswolds, in the county of Gloucestershire. It's an ancient market town with traditional Cotswold buildings and thriving shopping centre.

Cirencester

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Cirencester is a picturesque market town in the Cotswolds, in the county of Gloucestershire. It's an ancient market town with traditional Cotswold buildings and thriving shopping centre.

Stratton

Village

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Stratton is a village and ward in the civil parish of Cirencester, in the Cotswold district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is about 22 miles from Gloucester. In 2018 the built up area and ward had an estimated population of 2584. Stratton is situated 3½ miles northeast of Thames Head.

Thames Head

Type: Spring (intermittent)
Description: Group of seasonal springs in Gloucestershire, England
Categories: river source and body of water
Location: Coates, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.6945° or 51° 41′ 40″ north

Longitude

-2.02968° or 2° 1′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C3VMXVC+R4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 953707983

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=spring

OpenStreetMap attribute

intermittent=yes

Wikidata ID

Q3519485

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In Other Languages

From Czech to Low German—“Thames Head” goes by many names.

Czech: “pramen Temže”
Dutch: “The Head Of The Thames”
French: “Thames Head”
German: “Thames Head”
Low German: “Thames Head”

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