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Upper Rissington Gloucestershire Map

Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Cotswold · Region: South West

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Place	Upper Rissington
Traditional County	Gloucestershire
District / Borough	Cotswold
Region	South West
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	51.876126
Longitude	-1.703854
Place Type	Village

About Upper Rissington

High plateaus of the Cotswolds cradle the expansive, windswept horizons that define Upper Rissington. It lies 3.8 miles south-south-east of Stow-on-the-Wold (from Stow-on-the-Wold: bearing 168°T, OS grid SP 204 197), and is situated east of Little Rissington village. This former Royal Air Force station retains a distinct structural clarity, its modern residential streets laid out across a limestone ridge that catches the first pale light of dawn. To the north, the ancient profile of Wyck Beacon rises as a silent sentinel, grounding the modern architecture in the deep, unyielding earth of the prehistoric landscape. Eastward, the terrain tilts toward the hidden folds of Westcote Hill, where the wind carries a sharp, clean scent of crushed clover and flint. Upper Rissington commands a vantage point that feels almost celestial, offering wide, uninterrupted vistas that shrink the surrounding valleys into mere creases of shadow. The atmosphere here is one of brisk openness, where the sky claims a greater portion of the world than the stone and mortar below. Daily life continues beneath this vast, shifting canopy, punctuated by the rhythmic, seasonal transformations of the surrounding agricultural fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wyck Beacon (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 347° NNW
Wyck Beacon Bowl Barrow (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 349° N
Westcote Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 089° E
Fifield Long Barrow (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 132° SE
Workham Bottom (Valley) — 1.6 mi, 111° ESE
Settlement Site (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 231° SW · 34 ha
Salmonsbury Meadows Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.8 mi, 303° WNW · 18 ha
Great Rissington Manor (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.8 mi, 200° SSW · 3 ha
Replica Iron Age roundhouse (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 291° WNW
Birdland Park and Gardens (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 2.1 mi, 277° W
Labyrinth (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 280° W
The Model Village (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 283° WNW
Tangley Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 2.4 mi, 133° SE
Nether Westcote Brook (River) — 2.4 mi, 056° ENE
Cotswold Pottery (Attraction) — 2.4 mi, 281° W
Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 284° WNW
Hazelford Brook (River) — 2.6 mi, 144° SE
The Green (Park) — 3.1 mi, 054° NE
Chad Lakes (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.1 mi, 031° NNE
Bould Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.2 mi, 081° E · 58 ha
Abbotswood (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 4.1 mi, 341° NNW · 92 ha
Brassey (Wetland) — 4.3 mi, 292° WNW
The Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.5 mi, 311° NW
Round Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.5 mi, 109° ESE
The Wild Garden (Park) — 4.6 mi, 108° ESE
Barrington Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 4.7 mi, 183° S · 153 ha
Horse at Water (Public Artwork) — 5.1 mi, 034° NE
Battle Of Stow (-On-The-Wold) 1646 (Registered Battlefield) — 5.4 mi, 348° NNW · 134 ha
Tolsey Museum (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 149° SSE
The Old Prison (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 244° WSW

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