Westbury-on-Severn

Westbury-on-Severn
Westbury-on-Severn
Westbury-on-Severn shown within Gloucestershire
Population 1,792 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference SO716140
Civil parish
  • Westbury-on-Severn
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Westbury-on-Severn
Postcode district GL14 1
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament

Westbury-on-Severn is a rural village in England that is the centre of the large, rural parish, also called Westbury-on-Severn.

Location

Tower, Spire and Church of St Peter and St Paul, Westbury-on-Severn

The village is situated on the A48 road (between Minsterworth and Newnham on Severn) and bounded by the River Severn to the south and west. Westbury is also bounded to the West by the Newport to Gloucester railway line, although Westbury does not have a railway station, the closest stations being Gloucester and Lydney.

Westbury is just over a mile long and has one only housing estate to the south of the main A48 road which was constructed in the 1980s.[2] The village also has a primary school, post office cum village store, a pub "The Red Lion" and doctor's surgery and dentist surgery. Geoff Sterry, a coal and solid fuel merchant, is also based in the village.

Westbury falls within the District of the Forest of Dean although the forest itself does not extend to the village.

The village has a large parish church, which is distinctive, as the steeple is not attached to the main building because of a fire which burned down the old wooden building soon after the new steeple was completed. Within the porch of the church are several markings of crosses and full crosses made during the English Civil War. The north porch and north aisle are the oldest parts of the church, having been built around 1290.[3]

Just to the East of the village centre is the National Trust owned Westbury Court Garden.

The village is served by three regular bus services, operated by Stagecoach: the 30 and 31 services between Coleford in the Forest of Dean and Gloucester and by the 23 service between Lydney and Gloucester.

Notable people

See Category:People from Westbury-on-Severn

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Forest of Dean DC. (November 2005). "Westbury on Severn Local Plan Review". p. 1. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. ↑ Anon. (1992). St. Mary, St. Peter & St. Paul. Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire. p. 1.


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