Bishop's Cleeve
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| Bishops cleeve shown within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 10,612 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SO965202 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Cheltenham |
| Postcode district | GL52 |
| Dialling code | 01242 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
Bishop's Cleeve is a village in the Borough of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, North of Cheltenham. The village lies at the foot of Cleeve Hill, the highest point in the Cotswolds and borders Woodmancote on the East side of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire railway line that splits the two parishes. Bishop's Cleeve has a population of 10,612 (2011), the village saw rapid growth during the 20th century as a result of the construction of Smiths Aerospace factory near the village after the Second World War.
Bishop's Cleeve was once served by a railway line, a relative latecomer in British railway history, opened on 1 June 1906 by the Great Western Railway and running from Stratford-upon-Avon to Cheltenham, part of a main line from Birmingham to the South West and South Wales. Bishop's Cleeve railway station along with almost all others on this section closed on 7 March 1960 and was subsequently demolished, but the nearby Cheltenham Racecourse railway station remained in operation for royal visits to the racecourse until 1965; through passenger services continued until 25 March 1968, and goods until 1976 when a derailment (railway accident) at Broadway damaged the line.
With the damage done, It was decided not to bring the section back into use and by 1980 the entire line had been dismantled. However the 12-mile (19 km) stretch of track between Laverton and Cheltenham Racecourse had since been reconstructed, reopened and preserved as the Heritage Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.
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