Longborough
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| region = South West England
| shire_county = Gloucestershire
| population = 471
| population_ref = (2011 Census)
| coordinates = {{coord|51|57|N|1|44|W}}
| postcode_district = GL56
| postcode_area = GL
| post_town = Moreton-in-Marsh
| static_image_name = St James's Church, Longborough - geograph.org.uk - 246852.jpg
| static_image_caption = St James' Church, Longborough
| constituency_westminster = North Cotswolds{{cite web|title=Location of North Cotswolds |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4201/location |website=parliament.uk|access-date=27 January 2025}}
| shire_district = Cotswold
| website = [https://longborough-pc.gov.uk/ Longborough Parish Council]
}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
Longborough is a village and civil parish {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} north of the market town of Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 471.{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11126063&c=GL56+0QW&d=16&e=62&g=6427040&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427126979000&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate= 23 March 2015}}
The village is about {{convert|0.5|mi|m}} east of the A424, around {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} west of the Fosse Way (A429) and is on the Heart of England Way.
Longborough has a village shop and post office; a farm shop; an opera house; two public houses, one in the village itself, and the other in the hamlet of Ganborough; a village school and the 12th-century Church of England parish church of St James.[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/longborough-st-james/ Longborough, St James - a church near you]
In September 2001, Longborough was the winner of the Bledisloe Cup competition for best kept village.[http://archive.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/2001/9/6/21315.html "At last - Bledisloe cup joy"]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Cotswold Journal Archive. First published 6 September 2001. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
Longborough hosts the Longborough Festival Opera, in a converted barn at the edge of the village.
The village falls in the 'Fosseridge' electoral ward. This ward starts in Broadwell passes Longborough and ends in the northeast at Todenham. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 1,794.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/fosseridge-e05004323#sthash.nhfrB76q.dpbs |title=Fosseridge ward 2011 |website=ukcensusdata.com |access-date=26 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003030748/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/fosseridge-e05004323#sthash.nhfrB76q.JjcHcFMQ.dpbs |archive-date=3 October 2017}}
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Category:Villages in Gloucestershire
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