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 {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub