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The Churn Valley is a valley in the
The Churn Valley is a valley in the Cotswold District
Cotswold is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England. It is named after the wider Cotswolds region and range of hills. The council is based in the district's largest town of Cirencester. The district also includes the towns of ...
of Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire ...
, England that extends from Seven Springs to Cirencester
Cirencester ( , ; see #Pronunciation, below for more variations) is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames. It is the List of ...
. It runs along the River Churn
The River Churn is a tributary of the River Thames in central England. It rises at Seven Springs, Gloucestershire, Seven Springs in Gloucestershire and flows south for approximately to meet the Thames at Cricklade in Wiltshire. Its length from ...
and the A435.
Settlements along the upper valley include Coberley
Coberley is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire in England, south of Cheltenham. It lies at the confluence of several streams ( Seven Springs) that form the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames. The me ...
, Cowley, Colesbourne. Those further along include Rendcomb
Rendcomb is a village in the Cotswold local authority area of the English county of Gloucestershire. It is about five miles north of Cirencester in the Churn Valley.
History
Etymology
Rendcomb is thought to get its name from the stream runnin ...
, North Cerney
North Cerney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire, and lies within the Cotswolds, a range of hills designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village is north of Cirencester within the Churn Valley.
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, and Bagendon
Bagendon is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, about north of Cirencester. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 265, decreasing to 239 at the 2011 census. The hamlet of Perrott's Broo ...
.
Geography
The valley forms a distinct slope profile that becomes shallower and broader downstream in the lower valley.References
Cotswold District Cotswolds Valleys of Gloucestershire {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub