Badgeworth

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Badgeworth
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Badgeworth
Location within Gloucestershire
Population1,286 
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Gloucester
Postcode district GL3
Post town Cheltenham
Postcode district GL51
Dialling code 01452
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance South Western
UK Parliament
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Gloucestershire
51°52′24″N2°08′25″W / 51.873204°N 2.140201°W / 51.873204; -2.140201 Coordinates: 51°52′24″N2°08′25″W / 51.873204°N 2.140201°W / 51.873204; -2.140201

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.

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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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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.