Calcot, Gloucestershire

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51°47′22″N1°52′08″W / 51.789483°N 1.868775°W / 51.789483; -1.868775

Calcot is a settlement in the English county of Gloucestershire.

Calcot forms part of the civil parish of Coln St Dennis, within the Cotswold local government district.

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