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Gloucestershire is a county in . It comprises part of the , part of the valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Gloucester and Cheltenham.

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is the county town of Gloucestershire in West Country. A major attraction of the city is Cathedral, which is the burial place of King Edward II.

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is an historic spa town in , which started its development in the early 1700s with the discovery of healing waters. It became very popular after the visit of King George III in 1788, and developed further.

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is a picturesque market town in the , in the county of Gloucestershire. It's an ancient market town with traditional Cotswold buildings and thriving shopping centre.

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is a medium sized-town in Gloucestershire. It is contiguous with Chipping Sodbury. is a major shopping destination for the local area. Its neighbour, Chipping Sodbury, is a market town, notable for entrepreneurs, magical authors, and computer programming and high tech.

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is at the heart of the Five Valleys in the . It is in Gloucestershire, . There's many fine, beautiful and interesting things to see but it's not "pretty" in the way that similar sized towns in the Cotswolds or Gloucestershire are.

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is a small market town in north Gloucestershire, approximately 11 mi north of the city of and 9 mi north of . It is renowned for its medieval streetscape and large number of timber framed buildings.

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is a village in the county of Gloucestershire. It is perhaps best known as the location of 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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is in the Gloucestershire . town originated as a river-crossing settlement on the River Coln, the ancient market town is dominated by the beautifully proportioned 'wool' church of St Mary.

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is a town in the North in . The town centre, whilst small, is extremely beautiful, focused around the large market square and the pretty little streets leading off it.

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is in the . The town lies at the crossroads of the Fosse Way, the ancient Roman road, and the A44. It's next to the River Evenlode, a tributary of the River Thames.

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is a small town in the far north of Gloucestershire. A classic Cotswold town, the relaxed and friendly town is made picturesque by its historic architecture made with honey colored Cotswold stone, a charming 15th-century church, a historic…

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is a town of 5,300 people in the . is a popular destination for walkers and history fans. With people often visiting the running Gloucestershire Warwickshire Heritage Railway steam train that connects it to Broadway and the Cheltenham Racecourse; and Sudeley Castle, the burial place of Queen Katherine Parr, that lies on its outskirts.

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is one of the most interesting market towns in South Gloucestershire, known for historic tales of treason, murders and for its modern day array of independent shops.

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is a small market town in Gloucestershire famous for its royal connections as the home of King Charles III. It has a wide choice of tea shops, bistros, cafes, pubs and restaurants serving delicious local produce.

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The is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the to the west and northwest, to the north, the to the south, and the to the east.

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is a market town of 5,600 people in Gloucestershire near the southern end of the . It is equidistant from and , , and , a few miles from the M4 and M5.

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is famed for its picturesque High Street. Lying on the meandering River Windrush with several low arched stone bridges resulted in the village becoming known as "Venice of the ".

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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.

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is a town and civil parish in , England, situated 6 mi north-north west of central . The town has become an overflow settlement for Bristol and is contiguous with Bristol's urban area, along with the nearby towns of and .

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is a village in the , seven miles north of . It is most famous for its Roman Villa, cared for by the National Trust. Many of the buildings were built hundreds of years ago, and the local pub, the Seven Tuns is a pleasant place to retire after walking through the surrounding countryside.

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is a village in South Gloucestershire, near the mouth of the river Severn. Although its importance as a tourist destination is not as big as it was in previous decades, it still is a worthy visit for the tour of the two Severn bridges construction and history.

Gloucestershire

Latitude of center
51.7796° or 51° 46′ 47″ north
Longitude of center
-2.1831° or 2° 10′ 59″ west
Population
900,000
Elevation
453 feet (138 metres)
Geo­Names ID
11609035
Wiki­data ID
Q23165
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Gloucestershire” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Gloucestershire”
  • Arabic: “غلوسترشير”
  • Aragonese: “Gloucestershire”
  • Armenian: “Գլոստերշիր”
  • Armenian: “Գլուսթերշիր”
  • Asturian: “Gloucestershire”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qlosterşir”
  • Balinese: “Gloucestershire”
  • Basque: “Gloucestershire”
  • Bavarian: “Gloucestershire”
  • Belarusian: “Глостэршыр”
  • Belarusian: “Графства Глостэршыр”
  • Bengali: “গ্লোচেস্টারশায়ার”
  • Breton: “Gloucestershire”
  • Bulgarian: “Глостършър”
  • Catalan: “Gloucestershire”
  • Cebuano: “Gloucestershire”
  • Chinese: “Gloucestershire”
  • Chinese: “告羅士打郡”
  • Chinese: “格洛斯特郡”
  • Cornish: “Gloucestershire”
  • Czech: “Gloucestershire”
  • Danish: “Gloucestershire”
  • Dutch: “Gloucestershire”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جلوسترشير”
  • Esperanto: “Gloucestershire”
  • Estonian: “Gloucestershire”
  • Finnish: “Gloucestershire”
  • French: “Gloucestershire”
  • Galician: “Gloucestershire”
  • Georgian: “გლოსტერშირი”
  • German: “Gloucestershire”
  • Greek: “Γκλόστερσιρ”
  • Gujarati: “ગ્લોસટરશાયર”
  • Hebrew: “גלוסטרשייר”
  • Hindi: “ग्लॉस्टरशायर”
  • Hindi: “ग्लॉस्टर्शायर”
  • Hungarian: “Gloucestershire”
  • Icelandic: “Gloucestershire”
  • Ido: “Gloucestershire”
  • Indonesian: “Gloucestershire”
  • Interlingua: “Gloucestershire”
  • Irish: “Gloucestershire”
  • Italian: “Gloucestershire”
  • Japanese: “グロスターシア”
  • Japanese: “グロスターシャー”
  • Japanese: “グロスタシャー”
  • Kannada: “ಗ್ಲೌಸೆಸ್ಟರ್ಶೈರ್”
  • Korean: “글로스터셔주”
  • Kurdish: “Gloucestershire”
  • Ladin: “Gloucestershire”
  • Latin: “Glocestriensis comitatus”
  • Latvian: “Glosteršīra”
  • Lithuanian: “Glosteršyras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gloucestershire”
  • Macedonian: “Глостершир”
  • Manx: “Gloucestershire”
  • Marathi: “ग्लॉस्टरशायर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gloucestershire”
  • Mirandese: “Gloucestershire”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gloucestershire”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gloucestershire”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gloucestershire”
  • Norwegian: “Gloucestershire”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gloucestershire”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gleawcesterscīr”
  • Ossetian: “Глостершир”
  • Persian: “گلاسترشایر”
  • Persian: “گلاسترشر”
  • Polish: “Gloucestershire”
  • Portuguese: “Gloucestershire”
  • Romanian: “Gloucestershire”
  • Russian: “Глостершир (графство)”
  • Russian: “Глостершир (историческое графство)”
  • Russian: “Глостершир (церемониальное графство)”
  • Russian: “Глостершир”
  • Scots: “Gloucestershire”
  • Serbian: “Глостершир”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gloucestershire”
  • Slovak: “Gloucestershire”
  • Slovenian: “Gloucestershire”
  • Spanish: “Gloucestershire”
  • Swedish: “Gloucestershire”
  • Tajik: “Глоукестершир”
  • Tamil: “க்ளோஸ்ஸ்டேர்ஷிர்”
  • Telugu: “గ్లోస్టర్ షైర్”
  • Thai: “กลอสเตอร์เชอร์”
  • Turkish: “Gloucestershire”
  • Turkish: “Törensel Gloucestershire Kontluğu”
  • Ukrainian: “Глостершир”
  • Urdu: “گلوسٹرشائر”
  • Uzbek: “Gloucestershire”
  • Venetian: “Gloucestershire”
  • Vietnamese: “Gloucestershire”
  • Volapük: “Gloucestershire”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gloucestershire”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Gaerloyw”
  • Western Frisian: “Gloucestershire”
  • Western Panjabi: “گلوسسٹرشائر”
  • Wu Chinese: “格洛斯特郡”
  • Yiddish: “גלאסטערשיר”
  • Yue Chinese: “告羅士打郡”

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