Where is St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve?

St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve is in Gloucestershire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode GL52 8BA), in the parish of Bishop's Cleeve.

How do I get to St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve?

The nearest railway station is Gotherington, about 2.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode GL52 8BA.

Is St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve a listed building?

St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.

Is St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve a protected site?

Yes — St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve is part of the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB).

Is St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve free to visit?

Yes, St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve is free to enter.

How do I get to St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve?

The nearest railway station is Gotherington, about 2.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode GL52 8BA.

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St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve — church in Bishop's Cleeve, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, UK.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit: 30 min–1 h
Nearest railway station: Gotherington · 2.5 km

Free entry

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit St Michael & All Angels Church in Bishop's Cleeve, you can reach it via the nearest railway station, Gotherington, which is 2.5 km away. The postcode for navigation is GL52 8BA, and entry to the church is free.

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St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1160. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Wikidata describes it as: "church in Bishop's Cleeve, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.9481°, -2.0585°.

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Heritage listing

St Michael & All Angels is the Anglican church in the village of Bishop's Cleeve, just north of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. Informally the church is known simply as St Michael's.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.

Protected designations

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

St Michael & All Angels is the Anglican church in the village of Bishop's Cleeve, just north of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. Informally the church is known simply as St Michael's.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

History

The church building is Grade I listed, with parts dating back over 900 years. It was originally a monastic settlement in Anglo-Saxon times, which is how the village of Bishops Cleeve began. Later, after the Norman Conquest in 1066, the main body of the church was built as a Catholic church. Parts of the frescoes on the walls still remain to this day, and it was a popular place for pilgrims to visit. The Delabere family later then added to the main body of the church, in the 1700s, with places for the growing congregation to sit; the family are now buried in their tomb inside the church. The tomb is one of the main reasons for tourists to visit Cleeve and the church, but it is in desperate…

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates: 51.9481, -2.0585
County: Gloucestershire
District: Tewkesbury
Parish: Bishop's Cleeve
Postcode: GL52 8BA
Parliamentary constituency: Tewkesbury
Established: 1160
Nearest railway station: Gotherington — 2.5 km

Sources

wikidata: Q7594825 (CC0)
wikipedia: St Michael & All Angels Church, Bishop's Cleeve (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: Bishops cleeve church.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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