Churchdown
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Churchdown is a large village in Gloucestershire, England, situated between Gloucester and Cheltenham in the south of the Tewkesbury Borough.
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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 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLOUCESTER |
Postcode district | GL3 |
Dialling code | 01452 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
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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]