Uckington | |
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Village and civil parish | |
Uckington Moat | |
Location within Gloucestershire | |
OS grid reference | SO917249 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Cheltenham |
Postcode district | GL51 |
Dialling code | 01242 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
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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