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Hartpury

Hartpury
Hartpury Church.JPG
Hartpury parish church
Hartpury is located in Gloucestershire
Hartpury
Hartpury
Hartpury shown within Gloucestershire
Population 1,642 (2011)
OS grid reference SO799248
Civil parish
  • Hartpury
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Gloucester
Postcode district GL 19
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
GloucestershireCoordinates: 51°55′40″N 2°17′51″W / 51.92765°N 2.29743°W / 51.92765; -2.29743

Hartpury is a civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It has an area of about 3,500 acres (1,400 ha), about 270 homes and a population of about 700 people, increasing dramatically to 1,642 at the 2011 census The village is about 5 miles (8 km) north of Gloucester. Geographically the parish is in Leadon Vale; administratively it is in the Forest of Dean. Hartpury also presents beautiful walks and strolls through the countryside. It has all the usual facilities; Post Office, a school, church and a vets. Hartpury College is based in the village.

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward runs north to Corse. The total ward population at the 2011 census was 2,496.

The First World War poet F. W. Harvey was born at Marlsend, Murrell's End, Hartpury on 26 March 1888. His father was Howard Frederick Harvey, a farmer and horse dealer.


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