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Beachley

Beachley is a village in , England, near the border with , Wales. It is located on a peninsula at the confluence of the rivers and , where the ends and the smaller secondary bridge over the begins, both bridges carrying the M48 motorway between England and Wales though the motorway is not directly accessible from the village.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 764 residents
  • Description: village in Gloucestershire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Beachley, Gloucestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fossil Beach and Wye Bridge.

Beach
, at , , England, is beneath the Sedbury Cliffs by the and is known as a rich source of easily discovered fossils. It is within the Severn Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Bridge
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The Severn Bridge is a motorway suspension bridge that spans the between in England and in South East Wales.

Railway station
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is operated by Transport for Wales. Chepstow station is on the Gloucester to Newport Line, 141 miles 33 chains from the zero point at Paddington, measured via Stroud.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sedbury and Chepstow.

Village
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the Forest of Dean district of west , England. It is located on the eastern bank of the , facing the town of in .

Photo: wildlife encounters, CC BY 2.0.
is an ancient market town and former port situated on the River Wye in a short distance upstream from where the Wye and Severn rivers merge.

Village
Photo: Roy Parkhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village within the parish of in the Forest of Dean, , England. It is located on the eastern bank of the , which forms the boundary with at this point and which separates the village from the town of . is situated 1½ miles north of Beachley.

Beachley

Latitude
51.62668° or 51° 37′ 36″ north
Longitude
-2.65338° or 2° 39′ 12″ west
Population
764
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
9C3VJ8GW+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 286357920
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
12265396
Wiki­data ID
Q4875875
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Beachley” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Beachley”
  • Dutch: “Beachley”
  • French: “Beachley”
  • Irish: “Beachley”
  • Polish: “Beachley”
  • Silesian: “Beachley”
  • Spanish: “Beachley”
  • Welsh: “Beachley”

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