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Cirencester
Castle Street, Cirencester
Cirencester is located in Gloucestershire CirencesterCirencester
Cirencester shown within Gloucestershire
Population19,076 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSP022021
DistrictCotswold
Shire countyGloucestershire
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCIRENCESTER
Postcode districtGL7
Dialling code01285
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
EU ParliamentSouth West England
UK ParliamentCotswold[2]
List of places UK England Gloucestershire
Coordinates: 51.719°N 1.968°W
Cirencester (Listeni/ˈsaɪərənsɛstər/, occasionally Listeni/sɪstər/; see below for more variations)[3] is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles (150 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world FOUNDED in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the Dobunni, having the same root word as the River Churn.[4] The earliest known reference to the town was by Ptolemy in AD 150.
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