OCTOBER 5TH, 2009
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Cheltenham

Cheltenham Gloucestershire UK Hub

Approximate Population: 112,300

Cheltenham, or Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, England with a population of 110,013 at the 2001 census. The inhabitants are known as “Cheltonians”. Its motto is: Salubritas et Eruditio (”Health and Education”).

The oldest school in Cheltenham is Pate’s Grammar School (founded in 1574). Cheltenham College (founded in 1841) was the first of the major public schools of the Victorian period. The school was the setting in 1968 for the classic Lindsay Anderson film if….. It also hosts the annual Cheltenham Cricket Festival, first staged in 1872, and the oldest cricket festival in the world. The most famous school in the town, according to the The Good Schools Guide, is Cheltenham Ladies’ College (founded in 1853).

Dean Close School was founded in 1886 in memory of the Reverend Francis Close (1797-1882), a former rector of Cheltenham and the founder of Cheltenham’s great tradition of education. The town also includes several campuses of the University of Gloucestershire, one other public and six other state schools, plus institutions of further education.

The districts of Cheltenham include Arle, Benhall, Charlton Kings, Fairview, Fiddlers Green, Hesters Way, Leckhampton, Montpellier, Pittville, Prestbury, The Reddings, Rowanfield, St Marks, St Pauls, St Peter’s, Springbank, Springfields, Swindon Village, Up Hatherley, Whaddon and Wyman’s Brook.