Oakley, Gloucestershire

Oakley
Oakley
Oakley shown within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference SO9722
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England

Oakley is a district of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. Until 2012, it was home to the smaller of Cheltenham's two GCHQ sites[1], and residential housing including private, council-owned and social housing. It backs onto Cleeve Hill and Harp Hill, greenbelt land and part of the Cotswold hills, including a covered reservoir. Oakley neighbours Prestbury and Whaddon. In the early 2000s, part of the GCHQ Oakley site was reclaimed and replaced with a Sainsburys supermarket. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it is recorded as held by Turstin FitzRolf.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "A Final Look at GCHQ's Top Secret Oakley Site in Cheltenham". BBC. 21 December 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk


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