Uckington, Gloucestershire

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Uckington
Village and civil parish
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Uckington
Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference SO917249
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  • Uckington
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Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Cheltenham
Postcode district GL51
Dialling code 01242
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51°55′23″N2°07′12″W / 51.923°N 2.120°W / 51.923; -2.120

Uckington is a village in the Borough of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England. It is directly west of Cheltenham.

The population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was 605. [1]

Not having a church, Uckington was formerly a hamlet in the parish of Elmstone-Hardwicke but is now a civil parish in its own right. The two villages share a village hall. [2] [3]

Nearby villages include Elmstone-Hardwicke and Boddington.

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References

  1. "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. "Uckington & Elmstone Hardwicke Village Hall". Gloucestershire Rural Community Council. Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. "Uckington through time". A Vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2020.