Winchcombe

Winchcombe is a town of 5,300 people in the . Winchcombe is a popular destination for walkers and history fans. With people often visiting the running Gloucestershire Warwickshire Heritage Railway steam train that connects it to Broadway and the Cheltenham Racecourse; and Sudeley Castle, the burial place of Queen Katherine Parr, that lies on its outskirts.
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  • Type: Town with 4,540 residents
  • Description: town in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, UK
  • Also known as: Winchcomb” and “Winchcombe, Gloucestershire

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sudeley Castle and Winchcombe Town Hall.

Castle
is a Grade I listed castle in the parish of Sudeley, in the , near to the medieval market town of Winchcombe, , England.

Museum
is a municipal building in the High Street, Winchcombe, , England. The structure, which accommodates the Winchcombe Folk and Police Museum, is a Grade II listed building.

Railway station
is a heritage railway station which serves the town of Winchcombe in , . The station itself is actually located in the nearby village of Greet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stanley Pontlarge and Farmcote.

Village
is a village and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of and the ecclesiastical parish of Winchcombe, in the district, in the county of , England. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Winchcombe.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the in , England. It lies 2 miles east of the town of Winchcombe and 2 miles west of Temple Guiting. is a small place, a few houses along a dead end lane, but has a long history. is situated 2½ miles east of Winchcombe.

Village
is a village in the civil parish of , in the district, in , England, 8 miles north-east of . The village lies near the foot of the escarpment. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Winchcombe.

Winchcombe

Latitude
51.953° or 51° 57′ 11″ north
Longitude
-1.9655° or 1° 57′ 56″ west
Population
4,540
Elevation
338 feet (103 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WIB
Open location code
9C3WX23M+5R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21238595
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2633860
Wiki­data ID
Q1234937
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Winchcombe” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Winchcombe
  • Basque: Winchcombe
  • Bengali: উইঙ্ককম্বে
  • Catalan: Winchcombe
  • Cebuano: Winchcombe (lungsod)
  • Cebuano: Winchcombe (parokya)
  • Cebuano: Winchcombe
  • Chinese: 温什科姆
  • Chinese: 溫什科姆
  • Dutch: Winchcombe
  • French: Winchcombe
  • German: Winchcombe
  • Gujarati: વિન્ચકોમ્બ
  • Irish: Winchcombe
  • Italian: Winchcombe
  • Japanese: ウィンチカム
  • Japanese: ウィンチクーム
  • Kannada: ವಿಂಚ್ಕಾಂಬ್
  • Korean: 윈치컴
  • Ladin: Winchcombe
  • Latin: Wincelcumba
  • Latin: Winchcombe
  • Lithuanian: Vinčkombas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Winchcombe
  • Persian: وینچکم
  • Polish: Winchcombe
  • Portuguese: Winchcombe
  • Romanian: Winchcombe
  • Russian: Уинчкомб
  • Silesian: Winchcombe
  • South Azerbaijani: وینچکم
  • Spanish: Winchcombe
  • Swedish: Winchcombe (ort)
  • Swedish: Winchcombe
  • Tamil: விஞ்சுகொம்பே
  • Telugu: విన్చ్కంబ్
  • Urdu: وینچکومبی
  • Volapük: Winchcombe
  • Welsh: Winchcombe

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Winchcombe”. Photo: Prichardson, Public domain.