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Battledown Trading Estate
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Battledown
Location within Gloucestershire
Population5,460 (2011.Ward) [1]
OS grid reference SO9621
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Cheltenham
Postcode district GL52 6
Police Gloucestershire
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51°53′N2°03′W / 51.88°N 02.05°W / 51.88; -02.05

Battledown is a private residential estate in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. In the 19th century a number of such private estates were established in the town; Battledown is the last to remain private, the rest having been merged into the wider town. [2] Battledown is one of the richest parts of Cheltenham; the average house price is approximately £1 million.[ citation needed ]

In the 1960s Battledown Manor became a home for boys between the ages of 9 and 16. The head was a retired Royal Marines Captain, J B Ward, and the manor housed some 15 to 20 boys from across England. All of the boys were sent to local schools in Charlton Kings and Cheltenham.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Cheltenham Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. "History".

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