Editing Churchdown (section)

== Location ==
Churchdown is located in a semi-rural environment; so close to [[Gloucester]] and [[Cheltenham]], but surrounded on three sides by open countryside.  Churchdown borders [[Imjin Barracks]] and the district of [[Innsworth]] to the North West.

=== Churchdown Hill ===
{{Main|Chosen Hill, Gloucestershire}}
A local landmark is Churchdown Hill<ref>[[Ordnance Survey]] Landranger and Explorer maps, [[OpenStreetMap]] as well as many others name it ''Churchdown Hill'', while colloquial local usage tends to prefer ''Chosen Hill''.  Historical studies (see ''The Story of Churchdown'') note a common etymology from a lost medieval or earlier root</ref> (also known locally as ''Chosen Hill''), which rises to 155 metres (510&nbsp;ft) above sea level and has views across the [[Severn Vale]] and to the [[Cotswolds]], Gloucester, Cheltenham, the [[Malvern Hills]], and into [[Worcestershire]].

The hill is home to the historic sites of Mussell Well, the "Roman" Steps,<ref>see ''The Story of Churchdown'' and ''Churchdown Gloucester - an official guide'' which discuss Mussell Well and the Roman Steps</ref> St Bartholomew's Church, also an analogue and now a DAB radio transmitter broadcasting [[BBC Radio Gloucestershire]]<ref>[http://www.ukfree.tv/radiomaps.php?tx=SO880188 Churchdown Hill (Gloucestershire)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219150504/http://www.ukfree.tv/radiomaps.php?tx=SO880188 |date=19 February 2014 }} radio transmitter status and details</ref> and two reservoirs operated by [[Severn Trent Water]].

Churchdown Hill is supported by a local group called ''The Friends of Churchdown Hill''.  The ''Friends'' were active in the establishment of the Woodland Trust's Churchdown Hill Nature Reserves<ref name="managementplan"/> and have published a walking guide and map to the hill.<ref name="walksmap">{{cite web|url=http://www.churchdown-pc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/Walks-on-Churchdown-Hill-Map.pdf|author=Friends of Churchdown Hill|publisher=Churchdown Parish Council|title=Walks on Churchdown Hill|accessdate=9 February 2014|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222035428/http://www.churchdown-pc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/Walks-on-Churchdown-Hill-Map.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Nature reserves====
Parts of Churchdown Hill are managed by the [[Woodland Trust]]<ref name="managementplan">{{cite web|url=http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/woodfile/141/management-plan.pdf|title=Churchdown Hill - Management Plan 2010 - 2015|publisher=The Woodland Trust|accessdate=9 February 2014|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222140241/http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/woodfile/141/management-plan.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="visitwoods">{{cite web|url=http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/wood/4423/churchdown-hill/|title=Visit Woods: Churchdown Hill, Gloucestershire|publisher=The Woodland Trust|accessdate=8 October 2016|archive-date=5 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605134835/http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/wood/4423/churchdown-hill/|url-status=live}}</ref> and are open freely to the public.

=== Administrative ===
Churchdown is within the parliamentary [[constituency]] of [[North Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)|North Cotswolds]]. At a local government level, Churchdown is represented as two [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|wards]] - '''Churchdown Brookfield''' (the southern half of Churchdown also known locally as ''Churchdown Village'')<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000020377
|title=Churchdown Brookfield
|publisher=[[Ordnance Survey]]
|access-date=7 September 2014
|archive-date=5 September 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905165825/http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000020377
|url-status=live
}}</ref> and '''Churchdown St John's''' (the northern half near St John's church).<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000020381
|title=Churchdown St. John's
|publisher=[[Ordnance Survey]]
|access-date=7 September 2014
|archive-date=7 September 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907164851/http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000020381
|url-status=live
}}</ref>  The boundary between the two wards is the A40 Golden Valley Bypass road.  Prior to [[Brexit]] in 2020, it was in the [[South West England (European Parliament constituency)|South West Region]] for the [[European Parliament]].