Churchdown | |
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The Old School House building at The Green in Churchdown | |
Location within Gloucestershire | |
Population | 10,990 (2011) |
OS grid reference | ST779869 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLOUCESTER |
Postcode district | GL3 |
Dialling code | 01452 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Churchdown is a large village in Gloucestershire, England, situated between Gloucester and Cheltenham in the south of the Tewkesbury Borough.
The village has two centres. The older (Brookfield or "village") centre is in Church Road near St Andrew's Church; the more modern centre is in St John's Avenue near St John's Church.[1] Churchdown is a relatively large village, with a population of 11,261 (2001),[2] reducing to 10,990 at the 2011 census.[3] The village has a size of approximately 16.5 km2 (exactly 4,076 acres). Accordingly, the population density is 666 persons/km2.[4]