Badgeworth

Badgeworth is a village and civil parish in the Tewkesbury district of Gloucestershire, England, between Gloucester and Cheltenham. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,206, increasing to 1,286 at the 2011 census.[1] Apart from the village of Badgeworth the parish also includes Bentham and Little Witcombe.

For similarly named village in Somerset, see Badgworth.

Badgeworth

The area by the church
Badgeworth
Location within Gloucestershire
Population1,286 
District
  • Tewkesbury
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGloucester
Postcode districtGL3
Post townCheltenham
Postcode districtGL51
Dialling code01452
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

Despite its small size and being situated nearly a mile south of the line, in 1843 Badgeworth was provided with a station on the newly opened Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (later part of the Midland Railway and subsequently the LMS), but this was a very early casualty, closing as early as 1846.

History

The Bentham Works site of Gloster Aircraft Company was built north of the A417 in 1941.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches from Boddington in the north to Badgeworth in the south. The total ward population at the 2011 census was 2,124.[2]

  • Holy Trinity Church
  • House viewed from the Gloucestershire Way which crosses its driveway
  • Badgeworth Court, in the Dutch Colonial style (1829), former home of Colonel Selwyn Payne
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References
  1. "Parish population 2015". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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