Staverton is a village between the city of
Gloucester
Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east ...
and the town of
Cheltenham in
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) 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.
The county town is the city of Gl ...
, England, in the
borough of Tewkesbury. The population taken at the
2011 census was 572.
It is the location of
Gloucestershire Airport
Gloucestershire Airport , formerly Staverton Airport, is a small airport at Churchdown, England. It lies west of Cheltenham, near the city of Gloucester and close to the M5 motorway. Its operator claims it to be Gloucestershire's largest g ...
, which was previously called Staverton Airport and
RAF Staverton
Royal Air Force Staverton or more simply RAF Staverton is a former Royal Air Force station about west of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The station was used for training and operations from 1936 until the 1950s. The site is now Gloucest ...
. It is the home of the
Dowty Rotol
Dowty Propellers is a British engineering company based in Brockworth, Gloucestershire that specialises in the manufacture, repair and overhaul of propellers and propeller components for customers around the world. It is owned by General Elect ...
and
Messier-Dowty aircraft components factories.
The airport is the largest general aviation airfield in South West England.
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Villages in Gloucestershire
Borough of Tewkesbury
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