Towns & cities · South East England
Limpley Stoke
Limpley Stoke — village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Freshford · 1.2 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Limpley Stoke is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 541 people. Address: BA15. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.3467°, -2.3165°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Limpley Stoke is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It lies in the Avon valley between Bath and Freshford, and is both above and below the A36 road. The parish is surrounded to the north, west and south by the Bath and North East Somerset district and includes the outskirts of the Somerset villages of Freshford and Midford. The Avon forms the eastern boundary of the parish, and its tributary the Midford Brook is the boundary in the north and west. The parish had a population of 593 in 2021, up from 541 in 2011.
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Background
History
The 18th-century country house at Waterhouse is a Grade II listed building. Limpley Stoke was the westernmost part of the ancient hundred of Bradford, and a tithing of Bradford parish, which was divided into civil parishes in 1894. A small Baptist chapel was built on Middle Stoke in 1815 and rebuilt in 1888, providing 150 seats. The chapel closed in the 1970s. A National School was opened on Middle Stoke in 1845; in 1893 there were 51 pupils. The school closed in 1932 owing to low pupil numbers, and the building is now the village hall. In 1886 E.G. Browne and J.C. Margetson acquired a cloth mill, known as Avon Mill, on the banks of the River Avon at Limpley Stoke. The previous owners of…
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- Coordinates
- 51.3467, -2.3165
- District
- Wiltshire
- Parish
- Limpley Stoke
- Postcode
- BA15
- Parliamentary constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
- Population
- 541
- Nearest railway station
- Freshford — 1.2 km
- Official site
- limpleystoke.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q251961 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Limpley Stoke (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Limpley Stoke , Midford Brook - geograph.org.uk - 6563331.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Limpley Stoke?
- Limpley Stoke is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BA15), in the parish of Limpley Stoke.
- Is Limpley Stoke a protected site?
- Yes — Limpley Stoke is part of the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Limpley Stoke free to visit?
- Yes, Limpley Stoke is free to enter.
- How do I get to Limpley Stoke?
- The nearest railway station is Freshford, about 1.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BA15.