[3] The community is indeed in a valley as it rests at the foot of the well-known range of the Cotswolds called the Haresfield Beacon and Broadbarrow Green, which were sites of ancient British and Roman encampments.

These encampments were a part of a chain of fortresses expressly mentioned by Tacitus as having been raised by Ostorius Scapula between the Severn and Avon Rivers: old British works adapted by the Romans to their own requirements.

He built the mansion for himself after 1914,[4][5] The Church of St. John the Baptist in Harescombe was constructed in the 13th century.

Small iron crosses were added to these pinnacles in 1870–71 when Francis Niblett restored the church.

[8] The Church of St. John the Baptist is a grade 2* listed building with English heritage.