Charlton Kings is a suburb of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. The area constitutes a civil parish. Prior to the Local Government Act 1972 coming into force on April 1, 1974, it had been an urban district. Its population is just over 10,000. The River Chelt enters the suburb of Charlton Kings from the easterly direction. The Cotswold Way National Trail is on its eastern boundary and runs alongside Dowdeswell Reservoir dam and Woods.
It is in the heart of the Cotswolds with beautiful surroundings. Lineover Wood SSSI lies on the Cotswold District side of the eastern boundary. Charlton Kings Common and Leckhampton Hill are designated an SSSI by Natural England.
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“They know, and will therefore say, that kings are the servants, not the proprietors of the people.”
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