Longborough
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Longborough is a village and civil parish 2.5 miles (4 km) north of the market town
of Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire
.
The village is about 0.5 miles (804.7 m) east of the A424, around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the Fosse Way
(A429
) and is on the Heart of England Way
.
Longborough has a village shop and post office; a farm shop; an opera house
; two public house
s, one in the village itself, and the other in the hamlet of Ganborough
; a village school and the 12th-century Church of England parish church of St James
.
In September 2001, Longborough was the winner of the Bledisloe Cup competition for best kept village.
Market town
Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city...
of Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
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The village is about 0.5 miles (804.7 m) east of the A424, around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the Fosse Way
Fosse Way
The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England that linked Exeter in South West England to Lincoln in Lincolnshire, via Ilchester , Bath , Cirencester and Leicester .It joined Akeman Street and Ermin Way at Cirencester, crossed Watling Street at Venonis south...
(A429
A429 road
The A429 is a main road in England that runs in a north-northeasterly direction from junction 17 of the M4 motorway to Coventry in the West Midlands, by way of Malmesbury, Cirencester, Stow-on-the-Wold, Moreton-in-Marsh, east of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, and Kenilworth.For much of its length...
) and is on the Heart of England Way
Heart of England Way
The Heart of England Way is a long distance walk of around through the Midlands of England. The walk starts from Milford Common on Cannock Chase and ends at Bourton on the Water in the Cotswolds passing through the counties of Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire.The walk provides links...
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Longborough has a village shop and post office; a farm shop; an opera house
Longborough Festival Opera
Longborough Festival Opera is an opera festival held in an opera house in Longborough, a village in north Gloucestershire.Longborough Festival Opera presents a season of high quality opera in the English Cotswolds each June and July It started life in 1991 as Banks Fee Opera...
; two public house
Public house
A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...
s, one in the village itself, and the other in the hamlet of Ganborough
Ganborough
Ganborough is a hamlet located along the A424 road, approximately 2 miles NNW of Stow on the Wold.Ganborough is located in Gloucestershire, a county in South-West England...
; a village school and the 12th-century Church of England parish church of St James
St James' Church, Longborough
St James' Church, Longborough, is the Church of England parish church of Longborough, Gloucestershire, England. It is in the deanery of Stow, the archdeaconry of Cheltenham and the diocese of Gloucester. Its benefice is combined with those of St David, Moreton-in-Marsh, St Mary,...
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In September 2001, Longborough was the winner of the Bledisloe Cup competition for best kept village.