Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire
Ceremonial county
Clockwise from top left: Tyndale Monument, North Nibley; Gloucester Cathedral; and the Cotswolds near Winchcombe
Gloucestershire within England
Coordinates: 51°48′N 2°12′W / 51.8°N 2.2°W / 51.8; -2.2
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionSouth West
EstablishedAncient
Time zoneUTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of ParliamentList of MPs
PoliceGloucestershire Constabulary
Ceremonial county
Lord LieutenantEdward Gillespie
High SheriffJulie Kent[1]
Area
 • Ranked of 48
Population (2005 est.)823,500
 • Ranked25th of 48
Density261/km2 (680/sq mi)
Ethnicity87.2% White British (2021)
Non-metropolitan county
County councilGloucestershire County Council
ExecutiveConservative
Admin HQGloucester
Area
 • Ranked of 26
Population575,400
 • Ranked21st of 26
Density217/km2 (560/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2GB-GLS
GSS codeE10000013
ITLUKK13
Websitegloucestershire.gov.uk
Unitary authorities
CouncilsSouth Gloucestershire Council
Districts

Districts of Gloucestershire
  Unitary   County council area
Districts
  1. Tewkesbury
  2. Forest of Dean
  3. Gloucester
  4. Cheltenham
  5. Stroud
  6. Cotswold
  7. South 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.

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.

YearRegional Gross Value Added[2]Agriculture[3]Industry[4]Services[5]
19955,7711961,8773,698
20008,1631482,6775,338
200310,6171662,9337,517
  1. ↑ "The High Sheriff of Gloucestershire". Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
  3. ↑ includes hunting and forestry
  4. ↑ includes energy and construction
  5. ↑ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

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

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