Tredington, Warwickshire
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Tredington is a small village
Village
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 near Shipston-on-Stour
Shipston-on-Stour
Shipston-on-Stour is a town and civil parish on the River Stour about south of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. It is in the northern part of the Cotswolds, close to the boundaries with Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire....

 in Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...

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The village has a primary School, a church, and a pub, and it used to have a village shop although this is now closed.

The river Stour runs through Tredington and it was at this exact location where the UK's 2nd largest pike was caught by Geoff Crabtree weighing in a whopping 45lb 7oz.

Neighbouring villages include Ilmington
Ilmington
Ilmington is a village and civil parish about north-west of Shipston-on-Stour and south of Stratford-on-Avon in the Cotswolds in Warwickshire, England. Ilmington is the highest village in Warwickshire and is at the foot of the Ilmington Downs, which is the highest point in Warwickshire...

 and Halford
Halford
Halford may refer to:Places:*Halford, Shropshire, England*Halford, Warwickshire, England*Halford Island, Nunavut, CanadaPeople:* Alison Halford , Welsh former senior police officer and politician...

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The village church St.Gregory's has the tallest spire
Spire
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 in Warwickshire and the front door shows bullet
Bullet
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 marks left over from the English Civil War
English Civil War
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