Awre
Awre is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Forest of Dean District of Gloucestershire, England, near the River Severn. Both the parish and the electoral ward include Blakeney, Etloe, Gatcombe, Viney Hill, and Two Bridges.- Type: Village with 1,680 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Awre, Gloucestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary the Virgin, Frampton-on-Severn and The Red Lion.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Frampton-on-Severn
Church
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Frampton-on-Severn is situated 2½ miles east of Awre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fretherne and Overton.
Fretherne
Village
Fretherne is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Fretherne with Saul, in the Stroud district, in Gloucestershire, England, situated between the larger villages of Frampton-on-Severn and Arlingham. Fretherne is situated 2 miles northeast of Awre.
Overton
Hamlet
Overton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Arlingham, in the Stroud district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The name, first recorded in 1584, is of Old English origin and means "upper farmstead". Overton is situated 2 miles northeast of Awre.
Blakeney
Village
Blakeney is a village in Gloucestershire, England. It 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. Blakeney is situated 2 miles west of Awre.
Awre
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Awre, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.77099° or 51° 46′ 16″ north
Longitude
-2.42692° or 2° 25′ 37″ west
Population
1,680
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
Open location code
9C3VQHCF+96
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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