Hartpury

Human settlement in England

Hartpury

Hartpury parish church

Hartpury

Location within Gloucestershire

Population| 700 (2024)
OS grid reference| SO799248
Civil parish|

* Hartpury

District|

* Forest of Dean

Shire county|

* Gloucestershire

Region|

* South West

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Gloucester
Postcode district| GL 19
Police| Gloucestershire
Fire| Gloucestershire
Ambulance| South Western
UK Parliament|

* Forest of Dean

List of places

England
Gloucestershire

51°55′40″N 2°17′51″W﻿ / ﻿51.92765°N 2.29743°W﻿ / 51.92765; -2.29743

Hartpury is a civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.[1] It has an area of about 3,500 acres (1,400 ha). Hartpury Parish Council estimates 700 people live in around 270 houses.[2] The population of the central village area within the parish was estimated at 550 people by Forest of Dean District Council in July 2024, and new housing allocations of 66 additional houses were anticipated by 2041.[3]

The village is about 5 miles (8 km) north of Gloucester. Geographically the parish is in Leadon Vale; administratively it is in the Forest of Dean. The Hartpury University and Hartpury College campus is based in the village. There is a half-form entry primary school, Hartpury C of E Primary School, and a nursery, Little Oaks.

## Governance

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An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward runs north to Corse. Six councillors represent the village on the parish council.

## Architecture

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Bee Shelter at St Mary's Church

The village has several interesting buildings including the former home of the Canning family, Hartpury House, now part of the college.[citation needed] Hill House, also known as The Hill, is a large timber-framed house which contains a sixteenth-century oak staircase and several plaster ceilings of the same period. The village hall was built in 2013 and won a design award from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).[4][better source needed] There is a bee shelter in the churchyard.[5]

Built development in Hartpury mainly fronts the A417 highway and the roads that join it with some more recent consolidation around small newer schemes. Hartpury has experienced steady growth, with the majority of the housing being post 1950s, comprising mainly detached two-storey red brick dwellings. [6] There remain some older cottages dotted around the settlement and the village is adjoined by fields, orchards and open areas. [7]

## Notable people

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The First World War poet F. W. Harvey was born at Marlsend, Murrell's End, Hartpury on 26 March 1888. His father was Howard Frederick Harvey, a farmer and horse dealer.

Three time National Hunt champion jockey Terry Biddlecombe was born at Hartpury Court in 1941.[8]

## References

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1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 162 Gloucester & Forest of Dean (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 9780319229118.
2. ^ "About Hartpury". Retrieved 19 July 2024.
3. ^ "Forest of Dean District Draft Local Plan". Retrieved 19 July 2024.
4. ^ "Hartpury Village Hall | Village Hall for Hire in Hartpury". www.hartpuryvillagehall.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
5. ^ "Bee Shelter". Historic England. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
6. ^ "Forest of Dean District Draft Local Plan". Retrieved 19 July 2024.
7. ^ "Forest of Dean District Draft Local Plan". Retrieved 19 July 2024.
8. ^ Biddlecombe, Terry (1982). Winner's Disclosure. Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd. p. 11\. ISBN 0-09-147550-3.

## External links

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Media related to Hartpury at Wikimedia Commons

* Hartpury Parish Council
* Hartpury Primary School

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