Chedworth

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Chedworth is a village in Gloucestershire, in the Cotswolds and best known as the location of Chedworth Roman Villa, administered since 1924 by the National Trust.

During the Second World War Chedworth had an RAF airfield. The remnants of this can be seen today. A railway line once served the village - the Midland & South Western Junction Railway (later part of the Great Western Railway), closed in September 1961. It ran through Chedworth Tunnel, 494 yards in length. The oldest house in the village is the manor, which is situated near the church. The village lines a street over a mile long and has many attractive Cotswold stone houses.