Avening
Parish in Cotswold, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.678, -2.168 |
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| OS grid ref: | ST 88 97 |
| Population: | 1,031 |
The village and civil parish of Avening sits in a small valley on the edge of the Cotswold escarpment in Gloucestershire, England. Its honey‑coloured limestone houses, narrow lanes and parish church hint at a long history - the settlement grew prosperous during the medieval wool and cloth period and still shows several historic buildings set among rolling farmland and hedgerows.
Today Avening is a quiet rural community with a village hall, a pub and a primary school, popular with walkers exploring the nearby Cotswold hills and visitors seeking a peaceful base close to market towns such as Tetbury and Stroud. The local economy leans on agriculture, small businesses and tourism, while an active programme of community events keeps social life lively for residents.
Postcode districts covering Avening
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 24.1 miles
- Swindon 17.9 miles
- Gloucester 12.2 miles
- Cheltenham 15.3 miles
- Bath 22.4 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 20.6 miles
- Stroud 5.1 miles
- Trowbridge 24.6 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 13.6 miles
- Chippenham 15.2 miles
- Yate 14.5 miles
- Tewkesbury 21.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Avening Built-up area 0.3 miles
- Cherington Parish 1.7 miles
- Box Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Minchinhampton Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Tetbury Town Ward 2.4 miles
- Nailsworth Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Tetbury Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Tetbury Upton Parish 2.8 miles
- Tetbury with Upton Ward 2.8 miles
- Horsley Built-up area 3 miles
- Amberley Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Beverston Built-up area 3.2 miles
Example postcodes in Avening
GL8 8NP, GL8 8LY, GL8 8NN, GL8 8NW, GL8 8NS, GL6 9BE, GL8 8NJ, GL8 8NX, GL8 8PB … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 31.3 miles
- Cardiff Airport 54.1 miles
- Stroud Railway Station 5.1 miles
- Kemble Railway Station 6.2 miles
Hotels near Avening Ad
- The Close Hotel 4 2.9 miles
- Burleigh Court Hotel 4 2.8 miles
- Egypt Mill Hotel and Restaurant 2.6 miles
- Wild Garlic Rooms 4 2.5 miles
- The Bear of Rodborough Hotel 4 3.6 miles
- The Snooty Fox 3 2.9 miles
- The Hare & Hounds Hotel 4 4.8 miles
- Whatley Manor 5 6.6 miles
- Amberley Inn 4 3.1 miles
- The Stroud Hotel 4 5.1 miles
Schools in Avening
- Avening Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Cotswold Hills Hill 0.3 miles
- The New Lawn Stadium 3.1 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 5.7 miles
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 9.2 miles
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 15.7 miles
- Hartham Country house 16 miles
- Stowell Park Estate 16 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 16.3 miles
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 16.3 miles
- Whaddon Road Stadium 16.4 miles
- Cheltenham Racecourse Recreation 17.4 miles
- Loxwell Abbey Historic site 17.8 miles