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Gardeners
​Arms

The Gardner’s Arms is a 16th Century thatched Freehouse in the heart of the Cotswolds. All home-cooked and locally sourced produce. Open 7 days a week. Children and dogs welcome. Listed in the AA Good Pub Guide and the CAMRA Good Beer Guide. Able to cater for intimate functions. ​

Alderton Village Store and Post Office

We are a small village shop and post office specialising in good, local produce and supplies. Bread, milk, papers daily. Deli goods, Gloucester Old Spot bacon, ham, local cheeses
​and local veg when possible. Friendly and helpful service from local people with local
​knowledge!

Oak Hill
​School

Oak Hill School is a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school for pupils from
4-11 years. The school was formed from the amalgamation
​of Alderton and Dumbleton primary schools in 1981. This has enabled both villages to retain their school - a vital ingredient of village life.

Alderton
​Acorns

Alderton Acorns are a Pre-School and  Toddler group who meet weekly in Alderton Village
Hall, a bright, spacious and centrally heated space. We have qualified staff, two outside
play areas and our own large range of play equipment
​which is constantly updated and added to.

Alderton
​Village Hall

Alderton Village Hall is a meeting place for the community of Alderton and for many other visitors. The Hall is available to hire on a one-off or regular basis and is a central part of the community with Alderton Acorns Pre-School meeting there daily during term time and holding regular village

Alderton
​Playing Field

Alderton's Playing Field has a new pavilion, playground and seating in 2018. The pavilion provides changing facilities and a small kitchenette for Alderton FC and other village events and a playground with swings, slides, a roundabout and climbing towers and a brand new safe play surface to keep everyone safe!  

Alderton
​Allotments

Alderton's large Allotments continues
the local tradition of market gardening
in small holdings. Our allotments
allow you to plant fruit trees,
undertake traditional fruit
and vegetable gardening or
​to keep chickens 

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.

Bus timetable

Alderton has a few buses that ​connect to Winchcombe, Bishops Cleeve, Broadway and Cheltenham provided by local firms Marchants, NN Cresswell and Pulhams. Up-to-date bus timetables and and bus routes from Alderton 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 connected to the fibre network enabling 'superfast' broadband with download speeds of ​up to 76 Mbps. There are currently no 'full fibre' (fibre to the home) providers in Alderton. All major broadband providers can use the existing network.​