Norton, Gloucestershire


Norton is a settlement and civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire.

Overview

The main settlements in the parish are the three hamlets of Norton, Bishop's Norton and Prior's Norton.
The parish is bisected by the main A38 road that connects Gloucester and Tewkesbury, Bishop's Norton lying to its west and Prior's Norton to its east. Norton formerly lay on the road but is now bypassed. For the purposes of local government the parish forms part of the Tewkesbury borough
The village has a small school, a village hall, a sports pitch, a pub and a church.
The parish of Norton had a population of 439 according to the 2011 census.

Governance

Norton falls in 'Coombe Hill' electoral ward. This ward stretches from Deerhurst in the north to the edge of Gloucester. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,545.