Long Compton
| Long Compton | |
| Warwickshire | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Peter and St Paul | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP288325 |
| Location: | 51°59’25"N, 1°34’55"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 764 (2011) |
| Post town: | Shipston-on-Stour |
| Postcode: | CV36 |
| Dialling code: | 01608 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Stratford-upon-Avon |
Long Compton is a village and parish in southern Warwickshire, adjacent to the borders with Oxfordshire and a detached part of Gloucestershire (Little Compton, locally situate in Warwickshire). Treating Little Compton as part of the county of Gloucester and not Warwick, the parish of Long Compton extends to the extreme southern tip of Warwickshire. In the 2001 census it had a population of 705, increasing to 764 in 2011.[1]
The village is in the Cotswolds and is located on the A3400 road (formerly the A34) from Oxford to Stratford-upon-Avon. As the name implies it is a long village. In the centre is the large church of St Peter and St Paul, which dates from the 13th century. The parish contains Weston Park, within which was the depopulated settlement of Weston-by-Cherington.[2] About one mile south of Long Compton are the Rollright Stones, a neolithic monument.
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