Benhall, Gloucestershire

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Benhall is a small district within the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It lies south-west of the town centre, just south of the main road to Gloucester, and north of the district of Up Hatherley. It falls mainly within the Anglican parish of St Mark.

Much of the area consists of the Benhall Estate, developed mainly in the late 1950s and early 1960s on land that had previously been farmland (mainly pasture), and takes its name from the farm that formerly stood there.

The last census recorded the population of Benhall at 3260. The area has an active residents' association. In local government it forms part of the ward of Benhall and the Reddings.

There are 1,362 households within the Benhall district and an average unemployment rate of 1.7%.[1]

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Benhall | Charlton Kings | Fairview | Hesters Way | Leckhampton | Montpellier | Pittville | Prestbury | The Reddings | Rowanfield | St. Mark's | St. Paul's | Swindon Village | Up Hatherley | Whaddon | Wyman's Brook
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