Blockley
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For other uses, see Blockley (disambiguation).
Blockley is a village, civil parish and ecclesiastical parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Moreton-in-Marsh. Until 1931 Blockley was an exclave of Worcestershire.
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Blockley | |
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Location within Gloucestershire | |
Population | 2,041 (2011 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SP1634 |
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Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Moreton-in-Marsh |
Postcode district | GL56 |
Dialling code | 01386 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Website | www.cotswolds.info › Places to Visit |
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The civil and ecclesiastical parish boundaries are roughly coterminous, and include the hamlets of Draycott, Paxford and Aston Magna, the residential development at Northwick and the deserted hamlets of Upton and Upper Ditchford.
Blockley village is on Blockley Brook, a tributary of Knee Brook. Knee Brook forms the northeastern boundary of the parish and is a tributary of the River Stour.