Features and History
Hasfield has a number of striking historic buildings - the church, Hasfield Court, the Old Rectory and Great House Farm, as well as Barrow Hill with its distinctive trees.
Refuse Collection and Recycling
- Bin day is Tuesday. If there is a bank holiday on the Monday, the collection is most likely to be moved to Wednesday. Collections alternate between green refuse bins and blue recycling bins. Food waste caddies are collected every week. The 2021-22 collection calendar is here. Bins must be left out, ready for collection, from 7:00am.
For Christmas collections, see here.
- During floods, or if holiday collections are missed, blue one-off recycling bags can be collected from Jenny Miles, Rowan Cottage, 780565
- Christmas trees can be recycled in your brown bin as part of the garden waste collection service. If the tree is taller than 6ft, please cut it so that it fits in the bin and can be emptied safety into the vehicle. If you do not have a brown bin, you can take your tree to one of a number of garden centres in the borough and it will be collected and composted.
Footpaths, Verges and Bird-Watching
- Hasfield has some excellent footpath walks - see map here. It is the responsibility of landowners to maintain styles and gates, although carrying a pair of secateurs with you to trim brambles is always a good idea. Gloucestershire Highways are responsible for the footpath surface, footbridges and signage, and issues can be reported here. Walks in the wider area can be found here.
- A number of our local verges are covered by biodiversity conservation, and so are likely to remain uncut - see here for local maps, or here for the full county list. The council also publishes a Highways & Biodiversity Guidance here.
- Ashleworth Ham on Ham Road is managed as a nature reserve by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. During the winter it becomes the perfect habitat for wildfowl including pintails, teal, shovelers, tufted ducks, pochards, wigeons, goldeneyes and great crested grebes and little grebes. Details here.
Police and Emergency Services
- Our nominated PCSO (police community support officer) is James King. He can be contacted for non-emergency calls on 01452 907330, or via https://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/neighbourhood-policing/. He encourages villagers to report any suspicions or concerns.
- We are quite a way from Tewkesbury and Gloucester, and post codes cover wide areas. Download What3Words to your phone so that you can easily give a very exact location.
Local Shops
- The Native Butcher farm shop on Wickridge Street sells local meat, ready meals and take-aways, details here.
- Ashleworth Hub here is a shop, deli, post office and cafe. The shop opening hours are Monday – Friday: 08:00-17:00, Saturday: 09:00-16:00, Sunday: 09:30-15:00. Check for cafe and post office.
Refuse Collection and Recycling
- Bin day is Tuesday. If there is a bank holiday on the Monday, the collection is most likely to be moved to Wednesday. Collections alternate between green refuse bins and blue recycling bins. Food waste caddies are collected every week. The 2021-22 collection calendar is here. Bins must be left out, ready for collection, from 7:00am.
For Christmas collections, see here.
- During floods, or if holiday collections are missed, blue one-off recycling bags can be collected from Jenny Miles, Rowan Cottage, 780565
- Christmas trees can be recycled in your brown bin as part of the garden waste collection service. If the tree is taller than 6ft, please cut it so that it fits in the bin and can be emptied safety into the vehicle. If you do not have a brown bin, you can take your tree to one of a number of garden centres in the borough and it will be collected and composted.
Footpaths, Verges and Bird-Watching
- Hasfield has some excellent footpath walks - see map here. It is the responsibility of landowners to maintain styles and gates, although carrying a pair of secateurs with you to trim brambles is always a good idea. Gloucestershire Highways are responsible for the footpath surface, footbridges and signage, and issues can be reported here. Walks in the wider area can be found here.
- A number of our local verges are covered by biodiversity conservation, and so are likely to remain uncut - see here for local maps, or here for the full county list. The council also publishes a Highways & Biodiversity Guidance here.
- Ashleworth Ham on Ham Road is managed as a nature reserve by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. During the winter it becomes the perfect habitat for wildfowl including pintails, teal, shovelers, tufted ducks, pochards, wigeons, goldeneyes and great crested grebes and little grebes. Details here.
Police and Emergency Services
- Our nominated PCSO (police community support officer) is James King. He can be contacted for non-emergency calls on 01452 907330, or via https://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/neighbourhood-policing/. He encourages villagers to report any suspicions or concerns.
- We are quite a way from Tewkesbury and Gloucester, and post codes cover wide areas. Download What3Words to your phone so that you can easily give a very exact location.
Local Shops
- The Native Butcher farm shop on Wickridge Street sells local meat, ready meals and take-aways, details here.
- Ashleworth Hub here is a shop, deli, post office and cafe. The shop opening hours are Monday – Friday: 08:00-17:00, Saturday: 09:00-16:00, Sunday: 09:30-15:00. Check for cafe and post office.
St Mary's Church
Set in the centre of the village of Hasfield and reached via a short private driveway, there are wonderful views across the Severn Valley from the churchyard. St Mary's probably dates in parts from the 12th century, with a 15th century tower. It contains the Pauncefoot tomb which is associated with a legend of love and fidelity concerning the surrender by a Pauncefoot lady of her right hand as a ransom demanded for the return of her husband. More details of the church's history here, listed buildings registry here, and photos here.
Hasfield is now a Festival Church, with just six services a year, coinciding with the main religious festivals and, of course, the harvest festival. The church is generally open, and weddings and funerals take place as normal. Every few years, the church hosts a flower festival.
St Mary's is part of the West of Severn Benefice incorporating the villages of Ashleworth, Corse, Hartpury, Hasfield, Maisemore, Staunton and Tirley.
Contact details of the vicar and churchwardens can be found in the Parish Magazine - see Village News. For services see the West of Severn Churches site here.
Hasfield Court, The Old Rectory and Great House
Hasfield Court is a grade II* manor house dating from the sixteenth century, remodelled and refaced in 1860 by William Baker and extended in 1888 by his nephew William Meath Baker, a close friend of Sir Edward Elgar, who stayed at Hasfield on many occasions and who featured several family members in his ‘Enigma Variations’.
The Old Rectory, adjacent to the church and the Court was constructed in 1837 and retains much of its original character. The rather grand and large Tudor-Gothic building, in private hands since 1957, is constructed of yellow limestone and adorned with several gables and bay windows. The Old Rectory is an English Heritage Grade II listed building.
The Great House is a Grade I listed building. The exterior is unusual in that it is constructed in three styles, with various sections of brick, stone, and timber-framing.
Hasfield Wikipedia entry is here, and Victoria's History/BHO is here.
Barrow Hill, Jubilee Wood and other trees
Barrow Hill (also known as Berrow Hill to those in Ashleworth) is a distinctive tree-topped outcrop of underlying limestone, 75m high, overlooking the flood plain of the Severn. The trees were planted in 1973.
Jubilee Wood in Upper Hasfield was planted to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012. Various other celebration trees have been planted in the village over the past 150 years. There is a list here.
Footpaths and Nature Reserve
- Ashleworth Ham on Ham Road is a designated SSI and is managed as a nature reserve by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. During the winter it becomes the perfect habitat for migratory wildfowl including pintails, teal, shovelers, tufted ducks, pochards, wigeons, goldeneyes and great crested grebes and little grebes. Details here.
- Hasfield has some excellent footpath walks - see map here. Walks in the wider area can be found here.