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 Gloucestershire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Winchcomb”, “Winchcombe (lungsod)”, “Winchcombe (ort)”, “Winchcombe, Gloucestershire”, and “ウィンチクーム”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Sudeley Castle and Winchcombe Town Hall.

Castle
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is a Grade I listed castle in the…

Museum
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is a municipal building in the…

Railway station
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is a heritage railway…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stanley Pontlarge and Farmcote.

Village
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is a village and former civil… is situated 2½ miles northwest of Winchcombe.

Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in the in , England. is situated 2½ miles east of Winchcombe.

Village
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is a village in the civil parish of … 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)
UN/LOCODE
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 (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”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಂಚ್ಕಾಂಬ್”
  • Korean: “윈치컴”
  • Ladin: “Winchcombe”
  • Latin: “Wincelcumba”
  • Lithuanian: “Vinčkombas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Winchcombe”
  • Persian: “وینچکم”
  • Polish: “Winchcombe”
  • Portuguese: “Winchcombe”
  • Romanian: “Winchcombe”
  • Russian: “Уинчкомб”
  • Silesian: “Winchcombe”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وینچکم”
  • Spanish: “Winchcombe”
  • Swedish: “Winchcombe”
  • Tamil: “விஞ்சுகொம்பே”
  • Telugu: “విన్చ్కంబ్”
  • Urdu: “ونچکمب”
  • Volapük: “Winchcombe”
  • Welsh: “Winchcombe”

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