Official Name: | Oakley |
Static Image: | New Development, Oakley - geograph.org.uk - 864462.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | New Development, Oakley |
Os Grid Reference: | SO9722 |
Shire District: | Cheltenham |
Shire County: | Gloucestershire |
Region: | South West England |
Country: | England |
Post Town: | Cheltenham |
Postcode District: | GL52 |
Postcode Area: | GL |
Constituency Westminster: | Cheltenham |
Oakley is a district of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. In the Domesday Book of 1086, it is recorded as held by Turstin FitzRolf.[1] Oakley primarily consists of residential housing, including private, council-owned, and social housing. It backs onto Cleeve Hill and Harp Hill, greenbelt land, and part of the Cotswold hills, including a covered reservoir. Oakley neighbours Prestbury and Whaddon.
Until December 2011, it was home to the smaller of Cheltenham's two Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) sites,[2] Subsequently, part of the GCHQ Oakley site was reclaimed and replaced with a Sainsbury's supermarket.