Churchdown

Churchdown is a large village in Gloucestershire, England, situated between Gloucester and Cheltenham in the south of the Tewkesbury Borough.

[4] Churchdown is located in a semi-rural environment; so close to Gloucester and Cheltenham, but surrounded on three sides by open countryside.

The Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad[13] brought prosperity to the northern (St John's) end of the village.

For the last ten years, the airport is regularly used as a helicopter training base for police and military purposes.

This full colour glossy magazine is accompanied by a website [16] and social media presence, sharing news, events, adverts, notices and articles and features of interest to local residents.

The Chosen Hill Former Pupils rugby club first team plays in the South West League and has an active youth section.

[19] Prior to the First World War, a golf course operated between the railway line and Churchdown Hill, with a club house adjacent on Pirton Lane.

The nine golf holes had names; The Gate, The Spinney, Spion Kop, The Crab, Khyrats Oak, Oystershells Green, The Saddle, Rabbits Hill and The Railway Home.

St Bartholomew's is on the top of Churchdown Hill, built upon the site of a pre-Christian, Iron Age settlement.

Churchdown has several interesting old structures including the Old School House on The Green, where the first village school was held, Ye Old House on Sandfield Road (thought to have been built in the 16th century), Dunstan Cottage in Chapel Hay Lane and The Cottage on Oldbury Orchard.

There was also a branch of HSBC, a Co-operative shop and many years ago there was also a greengrocers called Tredgetts, where local children who attended Churchdown Parton Manor infants school would go to purchase their fruits for their breaktime snack.

I.e. H., all of the housing development south-west of Imjin Barracks and between Innsworth Lane and Cheltenham Road is still part of Churchdown.

Travelling by train from Gloucester to Cheltenham Spa and not calling at the currently closed Churchdown railway station .
St Bartholemew's Church, on top of Churchdown Hill
St Andrew's Church, in Churchdown Village