Berkeley
Berkeley is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is perhaps best known as the location of Berkeley Castle, a medieval fortress witness to many of the significant developments in British history, and as the birthplace and home of Edward Jenner, the inventor of inoculation.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dr. Jenner’s House and Berkeley Town Hall.
Dr. Jenner’s House
Museum
Dr. Jenner's House, formerly known as the Edward Jenner Museum, in Berkeley, England, is housed in a grade II* listed early 18th century building called the Chantry, famous as the home of Edward Jenner FRS, physician, surgeon, and pioneer of smallpox vaccination, and now used as a museum.
Berkeley Town Hall
Town hall
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Berkeley Town Hall is a municipal building in Salter Street, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. The structure, which is now used as a community events venue, is a Grade II listed building.
St Mary’s Church, Berkeley
Church
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is an Anglican church in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, and in the Diocese of Gloucester. The building is Grade I listed; it has a separate tower, also Grade I listed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lydney and Sharpness.
Lydney
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydney is a town in Gloucestershire on the north bank of the Severn estuary, 9 miles from the Welsh border at Chepstow. It grew up as a small port in the 18th and 19th century, and in 2011 its population was 8766.
Sharpness
Village
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sharpness is a port in the civil parish of Hinton, in the Stroud district, in Gloucestershire, England, one of the most inland in Britain, and eighth largest in the South West England region.
Berkeley
- Type: Locality
- Location: Stroud District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.6957° or 51° 41′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.46° or 2° 27′ 36″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
9C3VMGWQ+7XGeoNames ID
7300605
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