Staverton, Gloucestershire

Staverton
Staverton
	Fingerpost at the centre of Staverton
	Staverton Location within Gloucestershire
Population	572 (2011 Census)
District	Tewkesbury;
Shire county	Gloucestershire;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Cheltenham
Postcode district	GL51
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Tewkesbury;
	List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°54′35″N 2°9′30″W / 51.90972°N 2.15833°W

Staverton is a village between the city of Gloucester and the town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England, in the borough of Tewkesbury. The population taken at the 2011 census was 572.^[1]

It is the location of Gloucestershire Airport, which was previously called Staverton Airport and RAF Staverton.^[2] It is the home of the Dowty Rotol and Messier-Dowty aircraft components factories.^[3] The airport is the largest general aviation airfield in South West England.

References

^ "Population 2011". Retrieved 1 April 2015.
^ "Airport History". Gloucestershire Airport. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
^ "Gloucestershire Propellers". Gloucestershire Transport. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

External links

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51°54′35″N 2°9′30″W / 51.90972°N 2.15833°W / 51.90972; -2.15833

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[1] "Population 2011". Retrieved 1 April 2015.

[2] "Airport History". Gloucestershire Airport. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[3] "Gloucestershire Propellers". Gloucestershire Transport. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

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