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12 Facts About Tetbury

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Tetbury is a town and civil parish inside the Cotswold district in England.

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The Tetbury Woolsack Races, founded 1972, is an annual competition where participants must carry a 60-pound sack of wool up and down a steep hill.

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Tetbury has won five consecutive Gold awards in the Regional "Heart of England in Bloom" competition in 2006,2007,2008,2009 and 2010 and was category winner "Best Small Town" in 2008,2009 and 2010.

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In 2010 Tetbury was Overall Winner of Heart of England in Bloom and won a Judges Discretionary Award for Community Achievement.

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Tetbury won Silver Gilt as a first-time entrant in the National Britain in Bloom Campaign in 2009 and a second Silver Gilt in Britain in Bloom in 2011.

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6.

Tetbury is situated in a landscape of gently rolling hills primarily used for farmland, including grazing of sheep and grain production.

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Tetbury is in the Cotswold district, and amenities are run by Cotswold District Council.

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Nationally, Tetbury is in the Cotswold constituency, and has been represented in Parliament by Geoffrey Clifton-Brown since 1997.

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9.

Tetbury has a majority of 20,000 over the Liberal Democrats.

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10.

The first "Tetbury Fiesta" was held on the recreation ground in July 2008.

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11.

Tetbury Hospital is a privately run facility which funds itself from government funding and charitable donations.

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Tetbury is on the A433, with easy access to the M4 and M5 motorways.

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