Fretherne
Fretherne is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Fretherne with Saul, in the Stroud district, in Gloucestershire, England, situated between the larger villages of Frampton-on-Severn and Arlingham.
Fretherne is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Fretherne with Saul, in the Stroud district, in Gloucestershire, England, situated between the larger villages of Frampton-on-Severn and Arlingham. In 1881 the parish had a population of 239. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it is recorded as held by Turstin FitzRolf. The village name probably originates from Old English 'Frithorne,' meaning 'Freo's thorn.'
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Worth seeing in and around Fretherne
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Frampton Court
Frampton Court is a Grade I listed country house and estate of about 1,500 acres in Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, England. It has been owned by the Clifford family since the 11th century.
2.1 km · Grade I listed country house in Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Wick Court
Wick Court is a country house in the parish of Arlingham, Gloucestershire, England, 0.5 mile east of the hamlet of Overton. It was constructed between the late 14th and the mid-17th centuries.
1.3 km · Grade II* listed house in Arlingham, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Whitminster Church
St. Andrew's Church is a parish church in Whitminster, Gloucestershire.
2.7 km · church in Whitminster, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Fretherne
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 50 km · Cardiff (CWL), 79 km · Birmingham (BHX), 87 km
- Bristol → Fretherne39 km · quickest by road, 56 min · £4.5–6
- Cardiff → Fretherne64 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £8–11
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Fretherne85 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £9–13
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Fretherne
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Fretherne. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBut, there are aircraft available to charter.
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Next door to Fretherne
Fretherne is 39 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Arlinghamvillage and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, UK3 km
- Frampton on Severnvillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK2.2 km
- Awrevillage and civil parish in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom3.2 km
- Fretherne with Saulcivil parish in Stroud, England1.2 km
- Saulvillage in Gloucestershire, England1.4 km
- Framilodevillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK1.6 km