Winchcombe

Winchcombe is a market town of early medieval origin, in the Cotswold hills of Gloucestershire, England, halfway between Broadway and Cheltenham. The population recorded as 4,538 in the 2011 census was estimated at 5,347 in 2019. Fragments of the Winchcombe meteorite, originating from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, landed in the town on 28 February 2021.

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Iconic British meteorite 'Winchcombe' found to have a smashing past

The pristine Winchcombe meteorite suggests that Earth’s water came from asteroids

Extra-terrestrial water found for first time in meteorite that landed in UK | The meteorite crashed into a driveway in the Gloucestershire town of Winchcombe last February and is believed to hold clues about where the water in the Earth's vast oceans came from.

Winchcombe meteorite gets official classification

Winchcombe meteorite: A kind of splatter on our driveway