Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a county in . It comprises part of the , part of the valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.
  • County with 976,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 413 feet (126 metres)
  • …is abbreviated as “GLS”
  • Also known as
    “County of Gloucestershire”
    “Gloucester”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Great Witcombe Roman Villa and Brockworth Court.
is a Roman Catholic monastery in the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gloucester and Cheltenham.
is the county town of in West Country.
is an historic spa town in , which…
is at the heart of the Five Valleys in the .

Gloucestershire

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Latitude
51.8333° or 51° 50′ north
Longitude
-2.1667° or 2° 10′ west
Open location code
9C3VRRMM+88
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Gloucestershire” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غلوسترشير”
  • Belarusian: “Графства Глостэршыр”
  • Bulgarian: “Глостършър”
  • Chinese: “格洛斯特郡”
  • French: “Gloucestershire”
  • German: “Gloucestershire”
  • Hebrew: “גלוסטרשייר”
  • Hindi: “ग्लॉस्टरशायर”
  • Japanese: “グロスタシャー”
  • Korean: “글로스터셔 주”
  • Latin: “Glocestriensis comitatus”
  • Latvian: “Glosteršīra”
  • Lithuanian: “Glosteršyras”
  • Marathi: “ग्लॉस्टरशायर”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gleawcesterscīr”
  • Persian: “گلاسترشر”
  • Portuguese: “Gloucestershire”
  • Russian: “Глостершир”
  • Serbian: “Глостершир”
  • Spanish: “Gloucestershire”
  • Thai: “กลอสเตอร์เชอร์”
  • Ukrainian: “Глостершир”
  • Urdu: “گلوسٹرشائر”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Gaerloyw”
  • Western Panjabi: “گلوسسٹرشائر”
  • Yiddish: “גלאסטערשיר”
  • Yue Chinese: “告羅士打郡”

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