Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Cotswold · Region: South West
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| Place | Elkstone |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Cotswold |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.812698 |
| Longitude | -2.046603 |
| Place Type | Village |
Elkstone commands the high, windswept limestone plateaus of the Cotswolds with a stoic, grey-stoned resilience. It lies 6.2 miles south-south-east of Cheltenham (from Cheltenham: bearing 168°T, OS grid SO 968 126), and is situated south-south-east of Cowley village. This elevation grants Elkstone a clarity of light that sharpens the edges of its drystone walls against the vast, shifting sky of the South West. To the north, the slopes of Bubb's Hill rise like a silent sentinel, watching over the deep, verdant crease of Harcombe Bottom where the shadows gather early. The Church of St John the Evangelist serves as the soul of the place, its Norman architecture possessing a rugged, fortress-like gravity that defies the erosion of centuries. Below the parish, the damp, rich earth of the Cockleford Marsh Sssi provides a stark, bristling contrast to the parched, stony fields that define the wider agricultural horizon. Elkstone remains a place of profound stillness, where the wind carries the scent of crushed clover and the distant, metallic chime of a tractor working the stubborn, flinty soil. Here, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, rhythmic turning of the seasons across the open, exposed expanse of the Gloucestershire hills.
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Explore Elkstone, 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: 51.812698, -2.046603. 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. |