Uckington is a village west of

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. The population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was 605. Not having a church, Uckington was formerly a

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in the

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Elmstone-Hardwicke Elmstone Hardwicke is a village and sizeable parish north-west of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. St Mary Magdelene Church may be considered the hub of the village; its location is . The church has a 9th-century carved stone head which ...

but is now a

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in its own right. The two villages share a

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. Uckington is in the

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Tewkesbury Tewkesbury ( ) is a medieval market town and civil parish in the north of Gloucestershire, England. The town has significant history in the Wars of the Roses and grew since the building of Tewkesbury Abbey. It stands at the confluence of the Riv ...

, the

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, and on the Coombe Hill, Cheltenham,

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. Nearby villages include Elmstone-Hardwicke and Boddington.

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Villages in Gloucestershire Borough of Tewkesbury {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub