Moreton-in-Marsh and Batsford War Memorial, Cotswold Water Park

Name: Moreton-in-Marsh and Batsford War Memorial
Address: Cotswold Water Park, United Kingdom

#33 among attractions in Cotswold Water Park

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Moreton-in-Marsh and Batsford War Memorial stands in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, England, and is a memorial to those of Moreton and Batsford killed in the First and Second World Wars. The erection of the memorial on the High Street began in November 1920. It is built of Hollington stone from Staffordshire, and stands 24 feet high. The work was carried out by R. I. Boulton and Sons of Cheltenham to Guy Dawber's design. Carved at the top of the memorial are the figures of St. George and the Dragon from the model prepared by the sculptor, Allan Wyon of London. The total cost was around £700, raised primarily from public subscriptions. ()

Coordinates: 51°59'28"N, 1°42'11"W

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Moreton-in-Marsh and Batsford War Memorial – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Edward's Church, Sezincote House, Batsford Arboretum, Blockley Church.

4.3 miS
Church
St Edward's Church, Barton-on-the-Heath
110 min walk • St Edward's Church is a medieval-built Church of England parish church, serving Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. A tourist attraction, it is among 98 Grade I listed buildings in Cotswold, a mainly rural district having about one third of the total of Grade I listed buildings in Gloucestershire.
2.3 miSW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Sezincote House, Cotswold Water Park
58 min walk • Sezincote House is the centre of a country estate in the civil parish of Sezincote, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The house was designed by Samuel Pepys Cockerell, built in 1805, and is a notable example of Neo-Mughal architecture, a 19th-century reinterpretation of 16th and 17th-century architecture from the Mughal Empire.
1.4 miNW
Park
Batsford Arboretum, Moreton-in-Marsh
36 min walk • Batsford Arboretum is a 55-acre arboretum and botanical garden near Batsford in Gloucestershire, England, about 1½ miles north-west of Moreton-in-Marsh. It is owned and run by the Batsford Foundation, a registered charity, and is open to the public daily throughout most of the year.
2.9 miNW
Church
Blockley Church, Cotswold Water Park
74 min walk • The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Church of England parish church in Blockley, Gloucestershire, England. The church is a Grade II* listed building.
2.4 miSW
Church, Gothic architecture
St James' Church, Cotswold Water Park
61 min walk • St James' Church is the Church of England parish church of Longborough, Gloucestershire, England. It is in the deanery of Stow, the archdeaconry of Cheltenham and the diocese of Gloucester.
4.8 miN
Church
Church of St Eadburga, Chipping Campden
123 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Eadburga at Ebrington in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 13th century. It is a grade I listed building.
4.6 miS
Manor house
Maugersbury Manor, Barton-on-the-Heath
118 min walk • Maugersbury Manor is a manor house in the village of Maugersbury in Gloucestershire. It has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since August 1960.
4.8 miSW
Memorial
Lower Swell War Memorial, Cotswold Water Park
122 min walk • Lower Swell War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the centre of the village of Lower Swell in Gloucestershire in south-western England. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was unveiled in 1921 and is today a grade II listed building.
4.9 miSE
Park, Neoclassical architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Daylesford House, Chipping Norton
125 min walk • Daylesford House is a Georgian country house near Daylesford, Gloucestershire, on the north bank of the River Evenlode near the border with Oxfordshire. It is about 5 miles east of Stow-on-the-Wold and 5 miles west of Chipping Norton.
5.2 miNW
52°2'56"N • 1°46'59"W
The Gallery at the Guild, Chipping Campden
134 min walk • Historical place, Art gallery, Shopping
4.1 miS
Park
Abbotswood, Barton-on-the-Heath
106 min walk • Abbotswood is a country house and estate near Lower Swell in Gloucestershire, England. It is a grade II listed building and estate, of medieval origins and with remodelling and garden work to the designs of Sir Edwin Lutyens from 1901 onwards.