Badgeworth Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Badgeworth - geograph.org.uk - 101335.jpg
Static Image Caption:The area by the church
Coordinates:51.8732°N -2.1402°W
Official Name:Badgeworth
Population:1,286
Shire District:Tewkesbury
Shire County:Gloucestershire
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster1:Tewkesbury
Constituency Westminster2:North Cotswolds
Post Town:Gloucester
Postcode District:GL3
Postcode Area:GL
Post Town1:Cheltenham
Postcode District1:GL51
Postcode Area1:GL
Dial Code:01452

Badgeworth is a village and civil parish in the Tewkesbury district of Gloucestershire, England, between Gloucester and Cheltenham. According to the 2001 census, the parish 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.

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish population 2015. 1 April 2015 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402145224/https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120293&c=Badgeworth&d=16&e=62&g=6428137&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1427882889485&enc=1 . 2 April 2015 . dmy .
  2. Web site: Ward population 2011. 1 April 2015.