Wotton-under-Edge
Wotton-under-Edge is a market town of 5,600 people in Gloucestershire near the southern end of the Cotswolds. It is equidistant from Gloucester and Bristol, Cheltenham, Cirencester and Bath, a few miles from the M4 and M5.Photo: Lobsterthermidor, CC0.
- Type: Town with 6,510 residents
- Description: market town in Gloucestershire, England
- Also known as: “Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kingswood Abbey and Wotton Electric Picture House.
Kingswood Abbey
Historic building
Photo: Throwawayhack, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kingswood Abbey was a Cistercian abbey, located in the village of Kingswood near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England. The abbey was demolished during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and all that remains is the gatehouse, a Grade 1 listed building.
Wotton Electric Picture House
Movie theater
Wotton Electric Picture House is a cinema in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England. The cinema hosts one screen, with a laser projector. Originally opening in 1913, it has been under the management of The Electric Picture House Cinema Ltd. since 2014.
St Mary the Virgin
Church
Photo: Lobsterthermidor, CC0.
St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of the town of Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire. It is a Grade I listed building. St Mary's was consecrated on 19 August 1283 by Bishop of Worcester, Godfrey Giffard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kingswood and Alderley.
Kingswood
Village
Photo: James Purkiss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingswood is a town and civil parish within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. It is southwest of Wotton-under-Edge and has a population of 1,290, increasing to 1,395 at the 2011 Census.
Alderley
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alderley is a village and civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England, about fourteen miles southwest of Stroud and two miles south of Wotton-under-Edge.
Coombe
Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coombe is a settlement in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is adjacent to the town of Wotton-under-Edge. The town name can also be found spelled C-o-m-b-e.
Wotton-under-Edge
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: Stroud District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.6378° or 51° 38′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.3547° or 2° 21′ 17″ westPopulation
6,510Elevation
269 feet (82 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WUEOpen location code
9C3VJJQW+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 20936551OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Wotton-under-Edge” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Basque: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Bulgarian: “Утън ъндър Едж”
- Catalan: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Cebuano: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Chinese: “沃頓安德埃奇”
- Chinese: “沃顿安德埃奇”
- Dutch: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- French: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- German: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Irish: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Italian: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Ladin: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Latin: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Persian: “اوتون-آندر-اج”
- Polish: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Romanian: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Slovenian: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوتون-آندر-اج”
- Spanish: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Swedish: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Turkish: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Volapük: “Wotton-under-Edge”
- Welsh: “Wotton-under-Edge”
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