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Village in Gloucestershire, England

Human settlement in England

Elkstone
Elkstone Church
ElkstoneLocation within Gloucestershire
Population	248 (2011 Census)
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Civil parish	Elkstone
District	Cotswold
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Cheltenham
Postcode district	GL53
Dialling code	01242

Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western

UK Parliament	North Cotswolds
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°48′31″N 2°02′58″W / 51.8085°N 2.0495°W / 51.8085; -2.0495

Elkstone is a village and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 203, increasing to 248 at the 2011 census.

Approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of its post town, Cheltenham, and approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Cirencester, Elkstone lies within the Cotswolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

History

Elkstone was listed as Elchestane in the Domesday Book of 1086. The Church of St John the Evangelist was built in Elkstone around 1160. It is a grade I listed building and contains an impressive Norman tympanum and Saxon stones.

The civil parish of Elkstone forms part of the Ermin ward, which is in the district of Cotswold, represented by Councillor Julia Judd, a member of the Conservative Party.

Elkstone is part of the parliamentary constituency of North Cotswolds, represented at parliament by Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. Prior to Brexit in 2020, it was part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

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