Shipton, Gloucestershire

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Shipton

| country = England

| region = South West England

| shire_county = Gloucestershire

| shire_district = Cotswold

| coordinates = {{coord|51|52|0|N|1|56|40|W}}

| postcode_district = GL54

| postcode_area = GL

| post_town = Cheltenham.

| static_image_name = Shipton Oliffe (Glos) St Oswald's Church - geograph.org.uk - 68373.jpg

| constituency_westminster = North Cotswolds{{cite web|title=Location of North Cotswolds |url=https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4201/location |website=parliament.uk|access-date=24 January 2025}}

| static_image_caption = St Oswald's Church in Shipton Oliffe

| population = 365

| population_ref = (2011 Census)

| website = [https://shipton-village.uk Shipton Parish Council]

}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

The twin villages of Shipton Oliffe and Shipton Solars are situated {{Convert|7|mi|km|0}} from Cheltenham. The River Coln, a small stream at this point, flows through the village over two fords and innumerable little water splashes, creating ornamental lakes in private properties.{{cite web |title=The story of our village |url=https://shiptonhistoryproject.yolasite.com/overview.php |publisher=The Shipton History Project |accessdate=29 October 2019}} The population of the parish at the 2011 census was 365.{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128445&c=GL54+4JB&d=16&e=62&g=6427105&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427294780607&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate= 25 March 2015}}

The name Shipton, meaning "sheep farmstead", indicates that sheep farming occurred here long before the Norman invasion. The Domesday Book refers to two manors, Oliffe and Solers, each with its own church. In 1871, they were united as one parish.{{cite web |title=Parishes: Shipton Oliffe and Shipton Solers Pages 187-208 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 9, Bradley Hundred. The Northleach Area of the Cotswolds. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol9/pp187-208 |website=British History Online |publisher=Victoria County History |accessdate=29 October 2019}} The former rectory of St Oswald's, Shipton Olife, is a Grade II listed Victorian baronial house, built in 1863 by Thomas Fulljames.

The Gloucestershire Way long-distance footpath passes through the village.

Shipton Oliffe is represented by the county councillor for Northleach division and the district councillor for Sandywell ward on Cotswold District Council.