Woodmancote | |
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Bishops Cleeve and Woodmancote from Cleeve Hill | |
Location within Gloucestershire | |
Population | 3,029 (2011 Census) |
OS grid reference | SO971272 |
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District | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Cheltenham |
Postcode district | GL52 |
Dialling code | 01242 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
Woodmancote is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. The parish lies immediately east of Bishop's Cleeve; the village is about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) north of Cheltenham. In old English the name meant 'woodmen's cottage' and an early form was Wudumannacote. In the southeast of the parish is the small village of Cleeve Hill, under the slopes of the hill of the same name.
There is also an area called Woodmancote in Dursley, also in Gloucestershire.