Ashton under Hill

Welcome to Ashton under Hill

The picturesque village of Ashton under Hill is situated in the south of the county of Worcestershire, England, at the eastern end of Bredon Hill and overlooking the Vale of Evesham. The northern Cotswolds are close at hand and nearby towns include Evesham, Pershore, Broadway and Tewkesbury. Formerly part of the county of Gloucestershire, Ashton under Hill is now in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire. How to find us.

Visiting Morris Men, May Day Bank Holiday; picture by Jeremy King

A rare green-winged orchid found in Ashton by Anna Holland; picture by Roger Umpelby

An old watercolour of the former 'Plough and Harrow' pub; sent to us by Marie Casey, NSW, Australia

Bluebells in Ashton Wood;

Jen Creese

Spring on the way at last!

Picture by Jeremy King

Picture by Philip Barnett

An Unusual Bird Table Visitor!

Philip Barnett

See more pictures in our Wildlife Gallery

An aerial view of Ashton;

Jeremy King

Ashton Free Church;

Roger Umpelby

St Barbara's Church, Ashton under Hill

See more pictures in our

Village Gallery

News about Ashton

Elmley Road is to be closed for up to six weeks from 24 July to facilitate underground cabling work by Central Networks. Further details here

Newly revised and updated Village Information Booklet has just been published. Click here to download a copy

Need a place to meet in Ashton? If you need a village venue for a special event, or a meeting of a club or society, don’t forget that there’s a wide range of facilities, available for hire at Bredon Hill Middle School in Elmley Road.

If you’re looking for a large space, the school hall is available on some weekday evenings, and there are meeting rooms of various sizes too. There are even tennis courts and a football pitch, all at very reasonable rates. If you’re interested please contact the School Office on 01386 881426 for further details.

Do you have SmartWater? All school property at Bredon Hill Middle School has recently been SmartWater coded - using the unique award-winning technology which is proven to deter criminals. Items at St Barbara's Church have also been marked in this way and some households in the village have also taken advantage of the scheme. For more details please click here or contact a member of Ashton's Neighbourhood Watch team for details of how to obtain your SmartWater pack.

Notice from Neighbourhood Watch on how to report fly-tipping

Please Click here for useful information about the Mobile Library service. Further information from the Worcestershire County Council website

Read what the Ashton Footpath Volunteer Team was doing in 2009. Click here to visit our Footpaths page.

Some useful advice in the Gloucestershire Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter

Ashton First School has an updated website - why not take a look? Please click here. They also have a new Information leaflet about the school.

Ashton's local, The Star Inn, has an attractive new website:

click here to visit.

Rainbow Guides in Ashton for girls aged 5-7 years. Click here for more details

Downloads

New The August edition of the Beckford Group Parish Magazine is now available to download

New Minutes of the Parish Council meetings on 11 May and 13 July are now available.

New July edition of our village newsletter Ashton News

Horizon - the weekly newsletter of Bredon Hill Middle School

Gardening Club Programme for 2010

New Ashton under Hill Village Information Booklet 2010

Quick Links

Ashton Community Centre

Ashton Cricket Club

Ashton First School

Ashton First School Information Leaflet (5MB PDF)

Ashton Information Booklet (PDF)

Beckford & District Gardening Club

Beckford Village website

Bredon Hill Group of Churches

Bredon Hill Middle School

BHMS Horizon Newsletter

Bredon Village website

Online guide to Worcester area

Overbury Village website

What's on around Tewkesbury

West Mercia Police

Useful Information

Old Photos of Ashton

Ashton Open Gardens

What's On at the Evesham Arts Centre?

Ashton under Hill Cricket Club

Bredon Hill Postboxes (including two in Ashton)

Ashton under Hill Conservation Area description and map

Ashton under Hill Village Plan 2006

Bell Ringing at St. Barbara's

Websites of neighbouring villages

A wartime aircrash in Ashton

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