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Berkeley

Berkeley is a village in the county of . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 2,030 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England
  • Also known as: “Berkeley, Gloucestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dr. Jenner’s House and Berkeley Town Hall.

Museum
Photo: Nick, CC BY 2.0.
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.

Town hall
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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.

Church
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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 Sharpness and Newport.

Village
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is a port in the civil parish of Hinton, in the district, in , England, one of the most inland in Britain, and eighth largest in the South West England region.

Hamlet
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is a village in parish, , England. Located along the A38 road roughly halfway between and . It is located about a mile south-east of Berkeley and just north of Woodford.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the district, in the county of , England. In 1931, the parish had a population of 95.

Berkeley

Latitude
51.6914° or 51° 41′ 29″ north
Longitude
-2.4585° or 2° 27′ 31″ west
Population
2,030
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BKE
Open location code
9C3VMGRR+GH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4467561666
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2655861
Wiki­data ID
Q584443
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Frisian—“Berkeley” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “በርክሌይ”
  • Arabic: “بيركلي”
  • Arabic: “بيركيلي”
  • Armenian: “Բերկլի”
  • Asturian: “Berkeley”
  • Azerbaijani: “Berkli”
  • Basque: “Berkeley”
  • Belarusian: “Берклі”
  • Breton: “Berkeley”
  • Catalan: “Berkeley”
  • Cebuano: “Berkeley”
  • Chinese: “伯克利”
  • Chinese: “格洛斯特郡柏克莱”
  • Czech: “Berkeley”
  • Dutch: “Berkeley”
  • French: “Berkeley”
  • Georgian: “ბერკლი”
  • German: “Berkeley”
  • Greek: “Μπέρκλεϊ”
  • Greek: “Μπέρκλι”
  • Hebrew: “ברקלי”
  • Irish: “Berkeley, Gloucestershire”
  • Irish: “Berkeley”
  • Italian: “Berkeley”
  • Japanese: “バークリー”
  • Japanese: “バークレー”
  • Ladin: “Berkeley”
  • Latin: “Berkeleia (Glocestria)”
  • Latin: “Berkeleia”
  • Latin: “Berkeley”
  • Northern Frisian: “Berkeley”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Berkeley”
  • Norwegian: “Berkeley”
  • Persian: “برکلی، گلاسترشر”
  • Persian: “برکلی”
  • Polish: “Berkeley”
  • Portuguese: “Berkeley”
  • Russian: “Беркли”
  • Scots: “Berkeley”
  • Silesian: “Berkeley”
  • Slovenian: “Berkeley”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برکلی، قلاسترشر”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برکلی”
  • Spanish: “Berkeley”
  • Swedish: “Berkeley, Gloucestershire”
  • Swedish: “Berkeley”
  • Turkish: “Berkeley, Gloucestershire”
  • Turkish: “Berkeley”
  • Ukrainian: “Берклі”
  • Urdu: “برکلی، گلوسٹرشائر”
  • Urdu: “برکلی”
  • Volapük: “Berkeley”
  • Welsh: “Berkeley, Swydd Gaerloyw”
  • Welsh: “Berkeley”
  • Western Frisian: “Berkeley”

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