Winstone

Winstone is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. The population taken at the 2011 census was 270.[1]

Winstone

Winstone Church
Winstone
Location within Gloucestershire
Population270 (2011 Census)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

Winstone forms part of Cotswold district.

The Anglican Church of St Bartholomew was built in the 11th century. It is a grade I listed building.[2]

Winstone radio station

The Winstone radio station had several masts established by the Air Ministry in the north-east of the parish during the Second World War. From 1971 the site was also used for air traffic control,[3] with a transmitter mast operated by NATS Holdings about half a mile north-east of the village.

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