South Gloucestershire

South Gloucestershire
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South Gloucestershire is a local government area in South West England. It was created in 1996 when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon. It is north of the city of Bristol.

South Gloucestershire lies within the traditional and ceremonial county of Gloucestershire. South Gloucestershire covers an area of 497 km² and is home to around 250,000 people.

The major towns in the area are:

Other towns and villages in South Gloucestershire include:

Location of South Gloucestershire. The thick line at the top of the map is a country border, separating Monmouthshire (Wales) from Gloucestershire (England).

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Map of South Gloucestershire. The blue lines are motorways.

Abson
Almondsbury
Alveston
Aust
Charfield
Chipping Sodbury
Coalpit heath
Dyrham
Doynton
Elberton
Falfield
Frampton Cotrell
Harry Stoke
Hinton
Iron Acton
Little Sodbury
Little Stoke
Marshfield
Upper and Lower Morton
Olveston
Oldbury
Over
Patchway
Pilning
Pucklechurch
Rangeworthy
Rockhampton
Rudgeway
Severn Beach
Shepperdine
Stoke Gifford
Tyherington
Wick
Wickwar
Winterbourne

It is home to the eastern ends of the two famous Severn bridges which are the main route by road to and from South Wales.

A small part of the Cotswolds and the National Trust site Dyrham Park are also in the area.

The district borders Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

External links

South Gloucestershire Council: http://www.southglos.gov.uk/

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Districts of England - South West England
Bath and North East Somerset \| Bournemouth \| Bristol \| Caradon \| Carrick \| Cheltenham \| Christchurch \| Cotswold \| East Devon \| East Dorset \| Exeter \| Forest of Dean \| Gloucester \| Isles of Scilly \| Kennet \| Kerrier \| Mendip \| Mid Devon \| North Cornwall \| North Devon \| North Dorset \| North Somerset \| North Wiltshire \| Penwith \| Plymouth \| Poole \| Purbeck \| Restormel \| Salisbury \| Sedgemoor \| South Gloucestershire \| South Hams \| South Somerset \| Stroud \| Swindon \| Taunton Deane \| Teignbridge \| Tewkesbury \| Torbay \| Torridge \| West Devon \| West Dorset \| West Somerset \| West Wiltshire \| Weymouth and Portland
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cornwall - Devon - Dorset - Gloucestershire - Somerset - Wiltshire