Guiting Power

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Village road

The barn

Remains of Anglo-Saxon church

Anglo-Saxon 'tumulus'

St Michael's & All Angels, Guiting Power - Norman doorway

Church tower

The South door

Guiting Power is a small, unspoilt Gloucestershire village in the Cotswolds, England. It is picturesquely situated on the slopes above a small valley (formed by a tributary of the River Windrush) and its ancient cotswold stone buildings blend in with the surrounding countryside. There was a late Anglo-Saxon settlement on this site, at which time it was called Gyting Broc. The village is near Cheltenham and the parish church is located at Ordnance Survey mapping six-figure grid reference SP 096246.

1 Facilities & features
2 The church
3 Footpaths
4 Hymn Tune
5 Fame
6 Nearby places to visit
7 External links

[edit] Facilities & features

The village is unusual for its size in having a Post Office, a village hall (with car park), a private nursery, a bakery and a village shop, apart from two public houses. Nearby are the excavated foundations of the original Anglo-Saxon church and a large kerbed round barrow (Archaeological investigation) , shown as (tumulus) on ordnance survey mapping. To a large extent, the village owes its preservation to the Guiting ~~Power~~ Manor Amenity Trust, founded by Raymond Cochrane, in the early 1970s.

There is a 17 acre wetland nature reserve, where a rich flora and fauna thrive.

[edit] The church

The parish church of St Michael and All Angels is situated on the South edge of the village. It is of Norman origin, with a later Victorian transept. The North and South doorways were preserved in the renovations at that time.

[edit] Footpaths

The Wardens' Way passes through the village, on its 14 mile route from Bourton-on-the-Water to Winchcombe, passing close by the church. It joins the Oxfordshire Way to the Cotswold Way and can be combined with the Windrush Way to make a circular route. It passes through the Cotswold villages of Guiting Power, Naunton, Lower Slaughter and Upper Slaughter.