Tytherington, Gloucestershire
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Tytherington | |
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Thornbury Branch Line bridge in the village | |
Location within Gloucestershire | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Tytherington is a village in the
2011 census was 666.[1] On 1 April 2023 the parish was renamed from "Tytherington" to "Tytherington and Itchington".[2]
To the west of the village is
Hanson plc, and a disused working now designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[3]
The former
Thornbury. Tytherington had its own small station on the single track line: it opened in 1872 and closed to passengers in 1944. The M5 motorway
runs along the north west fringe of the village.
In the village there is a park, a former primary school (now used as the village hall), the Swan public house, a community shop, a church and a Baptist chapel. The community shop has a Post Office branch which has now reopened after being under threat of closure.
To the north-east of the village stands Tytherington Hill (
Cotswold Edge, and to the north are Cutts Heath and Milbury Heath.
To the south of Tytherington is the hamlet of Itchington which includes an old lime works, which is now at the centre of a small development of 18 new homes.
Sport and leisure
Tytherington has a Non-League football club Tytherington Rocks F.C. who play at Hardwicke Playing Field.
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "The South Gloucestershire (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2023" (PDF). South Gloucestershire Council. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Tytherington Quarry : Site Biodiversity Action Plan" (PDF). Hanson.co.uk. July 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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