Welcome to Alderton, Gloucestershire
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News & Events
Welcome to new residents, wherever you live in the village!
Wherever you live you're welcome! To find out what's going on in the village you can read our monthly village newsletter. On this website there's also details of the useful services available in the village and you can find out about the different clubs and organisations.
We're on Facebook at www.facebook.com/aldertonglos . We also have WhatsApp groups. ‘Alderton residents’ is for time sensitive information and answers to questions that locals know,’ ‘For Sale/Free’ is our group for selling and exchanging and we have a chat group 'Alderton chatter'. To join these message Mark on 07973 963539 or email [email protected].
Wherever you live you're welcome! To find out what's going on in the village you can read our monthly village newsletter. On this website there's also details of the useful services available in the village and you can find out about the different clubs and organisations.
We're on Facebook at www.facebook.com/aldertonglos . We also have WhatsApp groups. ‘Alderton residents’ is for time sensitive information and answers to questions that locals know,’ ‘For Sale/Free’ is our group for selling and exchanging and we have a chat group 'Alderton chatter'. To join these message Mark on 07973 963539 or email [email protected].
ALDERTON VILLAGE EVENTS
Sat 5th July - Alderton Picnic & Street Party - Church Road
Sat 12th July - Church Fete, St Margaret's Church
Sat 31st August - Alderton Village Produce Show, Village Hall
Sat 6th Sep - Alderton 5k Run, 11am, Playing Field
Sat 12th July - Church Fete, St Margaret's Church
Sat 31st August - Alderton Village Produce Show, Village Hall
Sat 6th Sep - Alderton 5k Run, 11am, Playing Field
Village Picnic and Street Party - Sat 5th July, from 12pm.
Everyone is welcome, just come along. No charge, no tickets. If you don’t know anyone, come along anyway, we’ll match you with someone friendly!
Bring your own picnic. We’ll have a bar with all the usual options and Pimm’s or you can bring your own. Thanks to the Village Hall committee we’ll have tea, coffee and an amazing selection of cakes. 12:00 - Start time and bar open / 12:30 - Picnic starts / 13:00 - Live music / 14:15 - Hula show / Circus skills and facepainting all afternoon / End 16:30. Church Road closed from 11:45 to 16:30. In an emergency though we’ll get you through. We’ve got Cherry Fizz, a professional circus performer and hula hoop artist, running workshops for the youngsters all day and doing a show at 14:15. You can see her profile here: https://www.instagram.com/cherryfizz_hoops |
St Margaret's Church Summer Fair - Sat 12th July, from 1pm.
St Margaret’s Church Summer Fair is on Saturday July 12th from 1pm to 4pm. There will be stalls in the churchyard with tea and cakes in the Village Hall.
Stalls include Pimms, Strawberries, Savouries, Jams and Preserves, Coconut Shy and for the children - games and face painting. The Alderton Belles will be playing their handbells at 2.15pm. We would love to see everybody from our lovely village come and enjoy a traditional Summer Fair. Donations to the stalls would be very welcome and these can be dropped off at the following:
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Alderton Planning
Latest appeal decisions
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D3 - Land east of St Margarets Drive, Alderton - 48 housesThe appeal by Rainier Developments and the Gilder family has been allowed and outline planning permission is granted for 48 new houses and the demolition of 16 St Margaret's Drive. You can read and download the Planning Inspector decision by clicking the link below.
Status: Permission granted on appeal. |
Current planning applications
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G3 - Land South of Dibden Lane, Alderton - 26 housesStatus: Full planning applicationHamelin Partnerships have now submitted their application for 26 affordable homes.
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B2 - Land Behind 52 to 74 Willow Bank Road - 56 houses - Backhouse Housing and Edward Ware HomesStatus: Outline PlanningBackhouse Housing have submitted their application for 56 houses.
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J - Land South of Shakespeare Close and Beckford Road - 35 houses - OBK Land & PlanningStatus: No active applicationCommunication about this from the developer has been restricted to neighbouring properties. We await a planning application.
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Alderton Planning
Alderton Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP)
Alderton NDP is used in planning to consider where local people want development and what it looks like.
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Planning Application
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Our Community in Alderton
Alderton Facebook page
Alderton's Facebook page is a quick, easy way to get in touch with a hundreds of people who live in and around Alderton.
There's updates on news and events ad loads of photos. |
Alderton residents WhatsApp
Alderton residents WhatsApp group is a great way to stay in touch with local residents. Perfect for time-sensitive information and local knowledge we use it to find lost dogs, share recommendations and help each other. It's for Alderton residents only and it's super-friendly. Message Mark Watts-Jones on 07973 963 539 or [email protected] to join. |
Oak Hill Church of England Primary School
Welcome to Oak Hill CE Primary School. Children from our local villages, wider rural community and nearby towns attend our school because of the nurturing care and support we provide to every child. In this environment, our pupils are able to learn and develop successfully as individuals with the support of our enthusiastic and effective teaching staff, together with our dedicated support staff. Our pupils are passionate about learning, embracing all of the experiences and educational opportunities we provide.
Alderton Parish Council
Latest Parish Council minutes, confirmation of election results and therefore who your Parish Councillors are and last 12 months expenditure here:
https://www.aldertonparishcouncil.org.uk/
https://www.aldertonparishcouncil.org.uk/
Alderton Services
Gardeners
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Village Store &
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Oak Hill C of E
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Alderton Acorns
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About AldertonAlderton in the 21st century is a thriving community both proud of its history and agricultural heritage and its present day diverse range of community activities.
Alderton has a Village Shop and Post Office, Oak Hill C of E infant and primary school, Village Hall, Alderton Acorns Toddlers and Pre-School Group, the Gardeners Arms pub, a garage with petrol station, a playing field with playground and changing rooms and allotments. It boasts several picturesque listed buildings and a 14th century style Parish Church dedicated to St Margaret of Antioch which contains relics of an earlier Saxon structure. The village is a great place to live with a very active community and lots going on. To find out more about what's going on visit us on Facebook. |
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Defibrillators
Alderton has two defibrillators. To use both defibrillators you need to call 999 to get the release code.
Located inside the red phone box in Cambridge Square.
Red phone box 3 Cambridge Square Alderton GL20 8TZ https://w3w.co/gong.baths.lollipop ///gong.baths.lollipop 51.998235, -1.999365
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2. Right hand side of pavilion, Playing Field, Beckford Road, Alderton, GL20 8NLLocated on the right side of the pavilion if you're locating at it.
Pavilion, Alderton Playing Field Beckford Road Alderton GL20 8NL https://w3w.co/dazzling.rounds.seemingly ///dazzling.rounds.seemingly 52.000121, -2.006243 
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To use both defibrillators you need to call 999 to get the release code.
The telephone box isn't connected anymore so you'll need to call from a mobile, go home or ask a local resident. The defibrillator is designed for use by non-experts and will talk you through its use. Both defibrillator are available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
The telephone box isn't connected anymore so you'll need to call from a mobile, go home or ask a local resident. The defibrillator is designed for use by non-experts and will talk you through its use. Both defibrillator are available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
Alderton has two defibrillators. To use both defibrillators you need to call 999 to get the release code.
1. Red telephone box, Cambridge Square,GL20 8TZLocated inside the red phone box in Cambridge Square. .
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2. Right hand side of pavilion, Playing Field, Beckford Road, GL20 8NLLocated on the right side of the pavilion if f you're locating at it.
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To use both defibrillators you need to call 999 to get the release code.
The telephone box isn't connected anymore so you'll need to call from a mobile, go home or ask a local resident. The defibrillator is designed for use by non-experts and will talk you through its use. Both defibrillator are available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
The telephone box isn't connected anymore so you'll need to call from a mobile, go home or ask a local resident. The defibrillator is designed for use by non-experts and will talk you through its use. Both defibrillator are available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
Regular Events
The Alderton Charity football match has raised over £25,000 in recent years for local and national charities.
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Each year we hold the Alderton 5k Run to raise money for Alderton Acorns Pre-School for nursery aged children in the village.
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More services
Bus timetable
Alderton has buses that connect to Winchcombe, Bishops Cleeve, Broadway and Cheltenham provided by Pulhams.
Up-to-date bus timetables and and bus routes can be found on our Bus page |
Milk deliveries
Family run-firm Cotteswold Dairy has a dairy and depot in Tewkesbury supplied by farms from Gloucestershire and delivers door-to-door in Alderton and surrounding villages. They deliver milk, cream, butter, eggs and juices, amongst other products.
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Broadband
Alderton is connected to
the Openreach fibre network enabling superfast broadband with download speeds of up to 76 Mbps. |
War Memorial
To find out more about Alderton's War Memorial and the Roll of Honour click here
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Find or contact us
Find UsAlderton is situated on the north west edge of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty within easy reach of the M5. Winchcombe (4 miles), Evesham (8 miles), Tewkesbury (8 miles) and Cheltenham (11 miles) are all within a short drive.
Alderton is approximately 100 miles west of London, 45 miles north of Bristol and 45 miles south of Birmingham. |
Contact UsIf you need any more information or have any questions please email us using the form below:
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