Preston
Parish in Cotswold, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.714, -1.931 |
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| OS grid ref: | SP 04 01 |
| Dialling code: | 01285 (Cirencester) |
Preston is a small, quietly attractive parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, set among the rolling limestone hills of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The settlement is characterised by honey‑coloured Cotswold stone cottages, a historic parish church and a handful of listed buildings that hint at a long agricultural past.
Farming - particularly sheep and arable - still shapes the landscape, though many residents now commute to nearby market towns such as Cirencester and Cheltenham. Local life is quietly traditional, centred on a village hall, occasional fêtes and community efforts to conserve vernacular architecture and footpaths that make the parish popular with walkers and people seeking rural tranquillity.
Postcode districts covering Preston
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 11.6 miles
- Gloucester 15.8 miles
- Cheltenham 14 miles
- Stroud 12.8 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 23.1 miles
- Chippenham 19.3 miles
- Yate 24.3 miles
- Witney 19.3 miles
- Tewkesbury 21.3 miles
- Melksham 25 miles
- Melksham Without 24.9 miles
- Wantage 23.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- New Mills Ward 0.8 miles
- The Beeches Ward 0.9 miles
- Siddington & Cerney Rural Ward 1.3 miles
- St. Michael's Ward 1.3 miles
- Watermoor Ward 1.4 miles
- Ampney Crucis Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Siddington Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Cirencester Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Chesterton Ward 1.9 miles
- Four Acres Ward 2 miles
- The Ampneys & Hampton Ward 2.2 miles
- Ampney St. Peter Parish 2.2 miles
Example postcodes in Preston
GL7 6GY, GL7 5RW, GL7 6GN, GL7 5HF, GL7 5RH, GL7 6GU, GL7 6GG, GL7 5PW, GL7 5PS … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 40.8 miles
- Birmingham International Airport 51.7 miles
- Kemble Railway Station 4.7 miles
- Swindon Railway Station 12 miles
Hotels near Preston Ad
- Corinium Hotel & Restaurant 3 1.8 miles
- Wild Thyme & Honey 1.4 miles
- Ingleside House 1.2 miles
- Kings Head Hotel 4 1.6 miles
- Riverside House 3 1.2 miles
- Eliot Arms 4 2.8 miles
- The Stump 3 5 miles
- Stratton House Hotel & Spa 3 2.4 miles
- The Swan Hotel 4 5.2 miles
- De Vere Cotswold Water Park 4 3.2 miles
Local points of interest
- Stowell Park Estate 7.6 miles
- Cotswold Hills Hill 10.3 miles
- County Ground Stadium 12.4 miles
- The New Lawn Stadium 13 miles
- Cotswold Motoring Museum Museum 13.9 miles
- Whaddon Road Stadium 14.4 miles
- Burderop Wood Forest 14.7 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 14.8 miles
- Cheltenham Racecourse Recreation 15.3 miles
- Burderop Park Estate 15.3 miles
- Faringdon Abbey Historic site 15.4 miles
- Bruern Abbey Historic site 17.8 miles