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Beach is a hamlet in South Gloucestershire, England, on the lower northern slopes of Lansdown Hill. It is about 1 mile north-west of Upton Cheyney. Beach was designated as a conservation area on 23 October 1989.[1]

Beach

Brittons Farm, Beach Lane, Beach
Beach
Location within Gloucestershire
OS grid referenceST7070
Unitary authority
  • South Gloucestershire
Ceremonial county
  • Gloucestershire
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51.4351°N 2.4259°W / 51.4351; -2.4259

During the English Civil War the Battle of Lansdowne was fought, on 5 July 1643, in fields nearby Beach.[1]

Brittons Farm is the major property in the village.

A Forest of Avon Trust community woodland, The Retreat, is to the east of the village. The Retreat was planted in 2000 under a Millennium Commission programme, and previously managed by the Woodland Trust.[2][3]


References


Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beach, Gloucestershire.
  1. Beach Conservation Area, South Gloucestershire Council Archived 22 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "The Trust has its First Woodland". Forest of Avon Trust. 7 January 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. "The Retreat". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

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