Blakeney, Gloucestershire


Blakeney is a village in Gloucestershire, England. It is the largest village in the parish of Awre and has views of the Forest of Dean.
It was the site of a Roman villa, dating to 75 AD, and home to Thomas Sternhold, a groom of King Henry VIII's Robes.
The local manor house is Hayes Manor, Viney Hill. Hawfield House on Newnham Road was built c. 1790.

Governance

The parish lies in the Awre electoral ward, which includes the villages of Awre and Blakeney. The population at the 2011 census was 1,714.