Quenington

Quenington is a nucleated village and larger rural civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England centred 8 miles (13 km) east of Cirencester and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Fairford. It has a medieval large dovecote above a gatehouse and St Swithin's Church of England parish church built mainly in the late 11th century, subsequently partly having undergone Victorian restoration and nonetheless listed in the highest category of listed building, Grade I. It has a recorded population of 603 people as at the 2011 census. In land use this and adjoining parts of the Cotswolds have almost wholly been turned over from forest to agriculture, landscape parks and private or semi-private gardens. It has a village hall, a pub and a village green in community events and attractions. Its economy has been transformed to render agriculture a minor but physically evident employer across most of the area. Short-distance commuter and working-from-home groups of the working age part of the population are approximately equal, together accounting for approximately 88% of the working age population in 2001, a significant minority of whom work in the district's leisure, food and hospitality sector. The Cotswold Water Park is to the south and crest of hills to the north and west.