Innsworth

Innsworth
Innsworth Lane
Innsworth is located in Gloucestershire
Innsworth
Innsworth
Location within Gloucestershire
Population2,468 (2011 census)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51°53′15″N 2°12′17″W / 51.88738°N 2.20482°W / 51.88738; -2.20482
Map of Innsworth, Longlevens to the south, Churchdown to the east.
The Gloster Javelin that was once the gatekeeper to RAF Innsworth
Churchdown and Innsworth police station

Innsworth is a village near Gloucester, and a civil parish in the borough of Tewkesbury, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 2,468.[1]

It contains Imjin Barracks, the home of Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, which moved from Germany in 2010. Until 2008, it was best known for RAF Innsworth, the home of the RAF Personnel and Training Command, before its move to RAF High Wycombe to co-locate with RAF Strike Command, forming RAF Air Command.

Innsworth like its neighbouring village, Churchdown, is split into two halves: the military housing side which ends at the junction of Ward Avenue and Swallow Crescent and also Thompson Way again with Swallow Crescent.

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.