Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (pronounced [ˈglɒstəʃə]; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. The county includes part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.

**Gloucestershire**


Geography
Status	Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin	Historic
Region:	South West England
Area - Total - Admin. council - Admin. area	Ranked 16th 3,150 km² Ranked 17th 2,653 km²
Admin HQ:	Gloucester
ISO 3166-2:	GB-GLS
ONS code:	23
NUTS 3:	UKK13
Demographics
Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density - Admin. council - Admin. pop.	Ranked 25th 823,500 261 / km² Ranked 21st 575,400
Ethnicity:	97.3% White
Politics
Gloucestershire County Council http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/ Archived 2020-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
Executive	Conservative
Members of Parliament	Roger Berry Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Parmjit Dhanda David Drew Mark Harper Martin Horwood Doug Naysmith Dan Norris Laurence Robertson Steve Webb
Districts
Gloucester Tewkesbury Cheltenham Cotswold Stroud Forest of Dean South Gloucestershire (Unitary)

The county town is Gloucester, and other principal towns include Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, and Tewkesbury.

Gloucestershire borders the county of Gwent in Wales, and in England the counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Somerset and Bristol.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Gloucestershire at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added^[1]	Agriculture^[2]	Industry^[3]	Services^[4]
1995	5,771	196	1,877	3,698
2000	8,163	148	2,677	5,338
2003	10,617	166	2,933	7,517

Antiquities and Other Places of interest

Berkeley Castle, an example of a feudal stronghold.
Beverston Castle
Calcot Manor
Forest of Dean
Hailes Abbey
Owlpen Manor
Sudeley Castle
Tewkesbury Abbey
Tyndale Monument
Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, Slimbridge

Other websites

Gloucester County Official Site Archived 2020-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
Gloucester City Council website
Visit Gloucester Site
Gloucester jobs
Gloucestershire County Council Archived 2011-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
Gloucestershire Tourism Partnership Archived 2021-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
Official site for Cotswolds tourism
Yate and Chipping Sodbury Guide Archived 2007-04-03 at the Wayback Machine - A Guide to Yate and Chipping Sodbury in South Gloucestershire
Archaeological Handbook of Gloucestershire by George Witts
Tales of the River Severn Archived 2020-10-31 at the Wayback Machine by Chris Witts

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