Avening
Built-up area in Cotswold, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.681, -2.173 |
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| OS grid ref: | ST 88 98 |
| Population: | 1,031 |
Avening is a small village in the Cotswold area of Gloucestershire, England, tucked into a sheltered valley and typical of the region with honey‑coloured limestone houses and a compact village centre. Its setting lends itself to attractive rural vistas and easy access to walking across the surrounding hills and countryside.
The village combines a quiet agricultural heritage with a lively community presence - a parish church and village hall, a local pub and occasional events - and benefits from visitors and new residents drawn by the Cotswold character; historic buildings hint at older local prosperity while many people now commute to nearby towns for work.
Postcode districts covering Avening
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 24 miles
- Swindon 18.2 miles
- Gloucester 12 miles
- Cheltenham 15.2 miles
- Bath 22.5 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 20.6 miles
- Stroud 4.8 miles
- Trowbridge 24.8 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 13.6 miles
- Chippenham 15.4 miles
- Yate 14.4 miles
- Tewkesbury 21.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Box Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Cherington Parish 1.9 miles
- Minchinhampton Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Nailsworth Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Tetbury Town Ward 2.6 miles
- Horsley Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Amberley Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Tetbury Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Tetbury Upton Parish 3 miles
- Tetbury with Upton Ward 3 miles
- Brimscombe and Thrupp Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Beverston Built-up area 3.2 miles
Example postcodes in Avening
GL8 8NB, GL8 8NE, GL8 8NT, GL8 8NS, GL8 8PE, GL8 8PD, GL8 8ND, GL8 8LT, GL8 8NP … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 31.2 miles
- Cardiff Airport 54 miles
- Stroud Railway Station 4.9 miles
- Stonehouse Railway Station 6.4 miles
Hotels near Avening Ad
- The Old Lodge 4 2.4 miles
- Wild Garlic Rooms 4 2.2 miles
- The Amberley Inn 4 2.8 miles
- Egypt Mill Hotel and Restaurant 2.3 miles
- The Ormond at Tetbury 3 3.1 miles
- The Crown Inn 4 3.9 miles
- The Bell Inn 4.6 miles
- Burleigh Court Hotel 4 2.6 miles
- The Priory Inn 2.9 miles
- The Bear Of Rodborough Hotel 4 3.3 miles
Schools in Avening
- Avening Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Cotswold Hills Hill 0.3 miles
- The New Lawn Stadium 2.9 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 5.7 miles
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 9.1 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 15.9 miles
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 16 miles
- Hartham Country house 16.1 miles
- Stowell Park Estate 16.1 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 16.3 miles
- Whaddon Road Stadium 16.3 miles
- Cheltenham Racecourse Recreation 17.3 miles
- Forest of Dean Forest 17.6 miles