Ward in South Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.554, -2.475 |
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| OS grid ref: | ST 67 83 |
| Dialling code: | 01454 (Chipping Sodbury) |
Frampton Cotterell sits in South Gloucestershire just north-east of Bristol, straddling the valley of the River Frome. The ward mixes suburban ribbon development with surrounding green belt countryside and former small-scale coal workings around Coalpit Heath, giving a varied landscape of lanes, hedgerows and pockets of woodland close to the city.
Historically a farming and milling community with later small industrial links, today it is largely a commuter and family-oriented area with a strong local identity: independent shops, primary schools, sports clubs and active community groups. There are attractive stone buildings and a parish church at its heart, local conservation initiatives and regular village events that keep a sense of history and place alongside modern development pressures.
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