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ANOTHER PROPOSAL FOR EVEN MORE HOUSES - PLEASE MAKE YOUR VIEWS KNOWN​

There is now an outline planning application for the erection of up to 55 dwellings in the field behind the houses of St Margarets Drive, St Margarets Road & Fletcher Close and the demolition of 16 St Margarets Drive.
 
This proposed development is:
  • Not in the Neighbourhood Plan
  • Not in the Tewksbury Borough Plan (now approved)
  • Outside the village boundary
  • On top of the 75 houses already built in the last few years and the 28 houses in the new Cala development
  • Using access down a narrow residential road
  • Bringing extra traffic into the village
  • Losing valuable and scenic pasture land
  • Put forward without a public meeting
  • Close to the historic centre of the village & the Winchcombe Way
 
How to make your comments:
 
Online:
publicaccess.tewkesbury.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=RCCCITQDKBM00

To add comments you'll need to register.
 
OR EMAIL - You can email your letter/comments to developmentapplications@tewkesbury.gov.uk
Please ensure you add ref 22/00624/OUT to the subject line. You'll need to include your name and address (Names and addresses are not published).
 
OR IN WRITING including ref 22/00624/OUT
 
Planning Department, Tewksbury Borough Council
Gloucester Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 5TT
 
Individual and non-residents can comment. Comments should be made before Tuesday 26th July 2022

Alderton 5k Run 2022 - Sat 3rd Sep, Playing Field

Now in our 11th year Alderton 5k Run is a fast, flat and super-friendly charity 5k run. 100% of the proceeds going to help the survival of Alderton Acorns, our much loved village Pre-School and Toddler group

Alderton Planning 

How does planning in
​Alderton work?

Find out how we've got to where we are today and how various bits of the planning system interact. 

Alderton Neighbourhood Development Plan (NDP) 

Alderton NDP is used in planning to consider where local people want development and what it looks like. 

Alderton 
Planning ​Map 

Alderton's Planning Map shows the status of current and past
​planning applications . 

Alderton services 

The Gardeners ​​Arms

Gardeners Arms is OPEN for food and drinks. You can dine outside or inside; we have reduced the number of tables inside to allow social distancing or you can pick the outside bar for a more relaxed atmosphere. Book now on
01242 620 257 or www.gardenersarms.biz
​

Village Shop & Post Office

The Village Shop is OPEN and stocks essentials including bread, milk, eggs, flour, newspapers, tinned goods, cleaning products etc...

For help with your shopping follow the guidance above or for NON-CONTACT collection from Yari on 01242 620201.

Alderton's Monthly Newsletter 

Alderton's Monthly  Newsletter is distributed to every house in Alderton, Alderton Fields, Great Washbourne and  Frampton Cottages every month except January. You can read the latest Alderton Monthly newsletter on the website .

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, photos and the usual Facebook-type chat. Check it out at:

www.facebook.com/aldertonglos

Alderton residents WhatsApp

Our Alderton WhatsApp group is a great way to stay in touch with local residents. Perfect for time-sensitive information and questions 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 mwjmail@gmail.com to join. 

Alderton Acorns

Keep up to date with what we're up to at:
 www.facebook.com/aldertonacorns
 

St Margaret's ​Church

​If you would like to take communion
AT HOME please contact Rev Julia Hook on 01242 620636

Oak Hill ​ School

​For the most up-to-date status check the school website: 
http://www.oakhill.gloucs.sch.uk/ 

Local shopping and delivery options

More information including how to contact and use all of these service are found on the Food & Shopping page 

Oak Hill CofE Primary School Alderton and Dumbleton

Whilst Oakhill CofE Primary School has an enviable pupil to teacher ratio, we have some small class sizes in Reception and Years 2 and 5. This impacts the government funding for the school, so we're keen to invite more pupils to join our Alderton and Dumbleton bases respectively. If you want to find out more, please contact the school on 01242 620448

​Alderton Services

Gardeners
​Arms

The Gardeners Arms is our traditional 16th Century thatched village freehouse 

Village Store &
​Post Office​

Our Village Shop and Post meets all your local needs specialising in good, local produce and supplies

Oak Hill C of E
​Primary School

Oak Hill School is a Church of England primary school for pupils from 4-11 years

Alderton Acorns
​Pre-School and Toddlers

Alderton Acorns is a Pre-School and Toddler group based in Alderton Village Hall

​About Alderton

Alderton 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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Defibrillator

Alderton's defibrillator can be found at: Old red telephone box, Cambridge Square, Alderton, GL20 8TZ. The telephone box is at the junction of Blacksmiths Road, Beckford Road and School Road and the defibrillator is available 24 hs per day, 365 days per year. 
***To use the defibrillator you must call 999 to get the access code.***

Note: you can’t call 999 from the telephone box as the line 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.

Regular Events 

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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.

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.  

Broadband

Alderton is now connected to
the 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

Find or contact us

Find Us

Alderton 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.

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