Visit Bishop's Cleeve Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Bishop’s Cleeve

  

Bishop’s Cleeve Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bishop’s Cleeve

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Bishop’s Cleeve etymology

The name Cleeve, first attested in the eighth century as Clife, comes from the dative singular form of the Old English word clif. The element ‘Bishop’s’ became attached to the name because the estate was owned by the bishops of Worcester.

Bishop’s Cleeve geography / climate

Bishop’s Cleeve is situated in a rural environment, 3–4 miles north of Cheltenham. Most are situated in the green-belt and are ‘places of outstanding natural beauty’

You can visit Bishop’s Cleeve places with Walkfo Bishop’s Cleeve to hear history at Bishop’s Cleeve’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bishop’s Cleeve has 23 places to visit in our interactive Bishop’s Cleeve map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Bishop’s Cleeve, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Bishop’s Cleeve places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bishop’s Cleeve & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Bishop’s Cleeve Places Map
23 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Bishop’s Cleeve tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Bishop’s Cleeve

  

Best Bishop’s Cleeve places to visit

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Bishop’s Cleeve has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Bishop’s Cleeve’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Bishop’s Cleeve’s information audio spots:

Prestbury, Gloucestershire Prestbury is a medium-sized village near the edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire. It forms part of the borough of Cheltenham, despite retaining its own parish council. The parish of Prestbury had a population of 6,981 according to the 2011 census.

St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop’s Cleeve St Michael & All Angels is the Anglican church in the village of Bishop’s Cleeve, just north of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. Informally the church is known simply as St Michael’s.

Prescott Speed Hill Climb Prescott Speed Hill Climb is a hillclimb in Gloucestershire, England. The track was extended in 1960 to form the present Long Course. Wallace Menzies took the hill record in a Gould GR59M single seater with a time of 34.65 seconds on September 5th September 2021.

Wingmoor Farm Meadow Wingmoor Farm Meadow (grid reference SO937273) is a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) nature reserve in Gloucestershire. The site is listed in the ‘Tewkesbury Borough Local Plan to 2011’, adopted March 2006, as a Key Wildlife Site.

Cleeve Common Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England, notified in 1974. It lies in the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is on Cleeve Hill. Site is on Jurassic limestones on the top of the Cotwold scarp and is north-east of Cheltenham.

Cleeve railway station Cleeve railway station was a station in Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire, England. The station was named for the nearby village of Bishop’s Cleeve.

Oxenton Oxenton is a village and civil parish 11 miles (18 km) north east of Gloucester. It is on the west side of Oxenton Hill, a northern outlier of the Cotswolds. In 2011 the parish had a population of 162.

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