Upper Slaughter | |
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Upper Slaughter | |
Location within Gloucestershire | |
Population | 181 (2021)[1] |
OS grid reference | SP154231 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CHELTENHAM |
Postcode district | GL54 |
Dialling code | 01451 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Upper Slaughter is a village in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of Stow-on-the-Wold. The village lies off the A429, which is known as the Fosse Way,[2] and is located one mile away from its twin village Lower Slaughter, as well as being near the villages Bourton-on-the-Water, Daylesford, Upper Swell and Lower Swell. As of 2021, the village had a population of 181 inhabitants, an increase of 4 from 2011.
The village is built on both banks of the River Eye. The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter.[3][4]
Upper Slaughter is one of a handful of the Thankful Villages,[5] amongst the small number in England which lost no men in World War I.[6] The village also lost no men in World War II, additionally making the village a Doubly Thankful Village.[6][7][8][9][10]
The parliamentary constituency is represented by Conservative Member of Parliament Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.