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Winchcombe lies in a gap in the dramatic Cotswold escarpment close toCleeve Hill, the highest point in the Cotswolds. With the neighbouringparish of Sudeley, it is surrounded by hills, creating a secludedlandscape, distinct from neighbouring communities. That landscape iswell wooded and the agriculture is mixed, with an emphasis on sheepfarming reflecting the region's wool producing past.
The two parishes share a common geography and history.Winchcombe benefits from the surrounding countryside and from thevisitor attraction of nationally celebrated Sudeley Castle. Peopleliving in the surrounding area come to Winchcombe for essentialservices. It therefore makes sense to create a Neighbourhood Plancovering both parishes - Winchcombe and Sudeley.
About 4,500 people live in the town,and about 100 in Sudeley.Winchcombe was once a regionalcapital, and now it is a thriving smalltown, where residents and visitorsalike benefit from a variety of shops,restaurants and pubs. Informed byour Tourist Information Centre, ourvisitors can enjoy two museums, apottery, and stay in B&Bs, holidaycottages and second homes.
Community facilities serving localpeople include a medical centre, apharmacy, the fire service, twodentists, chiropodists, chiropractors,hairdressers and beauty therapists.
There is a range of clubs and halls,four churches, pre-school facilities, aprimary and secondary school, acommunity centre, a day centre forolder people, a youth club, a libraryand a sports hall.
Winchcombe town centre is aConservation Area in which specialplanning rules apply. A highproportion of stone-built propertiesline the main streets, hiding apatchwork of private gardens.
The town also boasts an ancientSaxon defensive mound, of nationalimportance.
3 WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT WINCHCOMBEAND SUDELEY?
Winchcombe Town Council: Abbey Fields Community Centre, Back Lane, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire GL54 5QH T: 01242 604087 E: [email protected] W: www.winchcombetowncouncil.co.uk
An Area of OutstandingNatural Beauty
Winchcombe: a town for locals and visitors too
Winchcombe & SudeleyNeighbourhood Plan
Tough development criteria set down by the Governmentapply in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding NaturalBeauty, which includes all of the Sudeley Parish and mostof Winchcombe. The only area not covered is a segmentbetween Broadway Road and Gretton Road, which isdesignated by Tewkesbury Borough Council as a SpecialLandscape Area to protect the setting of the AONB.
The green shading shows the Conservation Area
The pink shadingshows the SpecialLandscape Area andthe blue shading theArea of OutstandingNatural Beauty. All ofSudeley Parish iswithin the AONB