Ullenwood

Ullenwood
Gloucestershire
Ullenwood Cricket Field and Pavilion
Location
Grid reference:	SO941171
Location:	51°51’10"N, 2°5’10"W
Data
Postcode:	GL53
Local Government
Council:	Tewkesbury

Ullenwood is a village near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.

By the village, in the grounds of the National Star College, is the source of a spring which is one of the headwaters of the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames. It has indeed been argued that as this source is further than the stream issuing forth at Thames Head then it is the true source of the Thames, which would make the Churn-Thames the longest river in the British Isles, even exceeding the River Severn. The same claim is made for the seven springs at Seven Springs just to the east of Ullenwood.

Here is the site of a secret civil defence bunker that was intended as a Regional Seat of Government in the event of nuclear war.

It is the site of the former Ullenwood army camp which was used during the two World Wars as an American military hospital.

For three decades at the end of the 20th century, Ullenwood Camp was used each summer as accommodation for archaeologists engaged in excavating the site at nearby Crickley Hill.

National Star College, an independent further education college and special school for people aged 16 to 25 with learning difficulties and physical disabilities, is based at Ullenwood Manor. The college grounds include a private 18-hole golf course used by Ullenwood Manor Golfing Society. Cotswold Hills Golf Club, founded in 1902, is also located at Ullenwood.

Prior to becoming the National Star College, the Manor was known as Ullenwood Manor Preparatory School for Boys. It was a boarding school for boys aged up to 13 years old. Pupils came from the UK and overseas, and included children and grandchildren of famous politicians (e.g. Kwame Anthony Appiah) and royal families.

Outside links

• Cotswold Hills Golf Club
• National Star College website