Warmley

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Warmley
Gloucestershire
Tower Road North, Warmley - geograph.org.uk - 1552353.jpg
Tower Road North, Warmley
Location
Grid reference: ST669735
Location: 51°27’36"N, 2°28’39"E
Data
Local Government
Council: South Gloucestershire

Warmley is a village in Gloucestershire, at the edge of the Bristol conurbation.

The parish church is St Barnabas' Church, Warmley‎, is a Grade II listed building.[1]

On the green stands the village war memorial, the focus of Remembrance Services. An oddity of the village is a now headless statue of Neptune in the grounds of the manor house, Warmley House. The High Street has a small range of local shops.

Transport links

The A420 road runs through the village and connects with the Avon Ring Road immediately west of the village. Beyond Warmley the road routes west towards Bristol and east towards Chippenham.

The Midland Railway's line from Bristol as part of the Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line used to run through the village but closed in the 1960s. The National Cycle Network Bristol & Bath Railway Path runs along the trackbed of the old railway. The old railway station is now a café and opposite stands the signalbox, which is open most weekends.

Outside links

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References

  1. National Heritage List 1231432: Church of St Barnabas