Tytherington is a village in

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, England, situated south east of Thornbury. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 666. To the west of the village is Tytherington Quarry, a limestone quarry incorporating 2 active workings, operated by

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, and a disused working now designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The former Yate to Thornbury railway branch line passes through the south of the village, with two bridges in the village and a

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near the quarry entrance as reminders of the railway. The line now ends at the quarry and is used for the transport of stone, but used to continue through a tunnel under the A38, to Thornbury. Tytherington had its own small station on the single track line: it opened in 1872 and closed to passengers in 1944. The

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runs along the north west fringe of the village. In the village there is a park, a former primary school (now used as the village hall), the Swan public house, a community shop, a church and a

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chapel. The community shop has a Post Office branch which has now reopened after being under threat of closure. To the north-east of the village stands Tytherington Hill (), with views east to the

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, and to the north are Cutts Heath and Milbury Heath. Itchington - geograph

To the south of Tytherington is the hamlet of Itchington which includes an old lime works, which is now at the centre of a small development of 18 new homes.

Sport and leisure

Tytherington has a Non-League football club Tytherington Rocks F.C. who play at Hardwicke Playing Field.

References

External links

Tytherington Parish Council website
{{South Gloucestershire Villages in South Gloucestershire District Civil parishes in Gloucestershire