Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Cheltenham · Region: South West
Explore Battledown, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Battledown map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Place | Battledown |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Cheltenham |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.898724 |
| Longitude | -2.045283 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Battledown rises as a quiet, elevated enclave of substantial villas overlooking the Regency grandeur of the valley below. It lies 1.3 miles east of Cheltenham (from Cheltenham: bearing 96°T, OS grid SO 969 222), and is situated south of Prestbury village. The landscape here is dominated by the gentle ascent of Battledown Hill, which provides a vantage point where the evening light catches the Cotswold stone with a pale, honeyed clarity. Ancient earthworks remain at Battledown Camp, a scheduled monument where the turf holds the silence of centuries beneath the canopy of mature trees. To the north, the quiet boundary of Bouncer's Lane Cemetery offers a landscape of formal peace, marked by weathered monuments that stand in stark contrast to the verdant slopes. The residential streets of Battledown retain a sense of privacy, defined by mature gardens and the persistent, rustling canopy of ash and beech. Residents here look out toward the expanse of the Gloucestershire horizon, where the movement of weather across the hills dictates the mood of the afternoon. This elevation grants Battledown an atmospheric detachment from the busier thoroughfares, maintaining a character defined by its topography and the enduring poise of its architecture.
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Explore Battledown, Gloucestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.898724, -2.045283. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |