Ashchurch is a village and civil parish in the Tewkesbury district of Gloucestershire, England. The parish has a a population of 6,064 according to the 2001 census, and covers the village of Ashchurch, including the Northway estate, and the settlements of Aston Cross, Aston Carrant, Pamington, Natton. The village and housing estates run directly into Tewkesbury itself, to the west. In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the smallest unit of local government. ... Tewkesbury is a local government district and borough in Gloucestershire, south-west England. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in southwest England. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... Interstate 87 is a 346 mile (558 km) intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of New York. ... Location within the British Isles Tewkesbury War Memorial Tewkesbury is a historic town in Gloucestershire, England. ...
The village is the site of Ashchurch railway station.
The Defence Storage and Distribution Centre DSDC Ashchurch is the UK MOD's primary vehicle storage and distribution site for all types of armoured and soft skinned vehicles, together with Royal Engineer bridges, boats and construction plant. The Centre is the only vehicle depot in the UK utilising, and continually expanding, Controlled Humidity Environments (CHE) for long-term vehicle storage.
The line between Barnt Green and Ashchurch was built in four stages between 1859 and 1868, providing an essential link for the various communities along it.
This section of the former Ashchurch line is still open forming an important part of Centro's line to Birmingham New Street and Litchfield.
Ashchurch looking north in December 2004 - this was a three way junction, the line to Evesham is on the right.
There appear to be limits on how far the town can expand in the future due to the close proximity of large areas of land that are prone to flooding.
It is served by the M5 motorway and the A38 trunk road.
Tewkesbury no longer has its own railway station, but there are regular bus connections to nearby Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station on the main Bristol-Birmingham line.
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