When considered as a ceremonial county , Gloucestershire borders the preserved county of Gwent in Wales ( now Monmouthshire ) to the west , and in England the ceremonial counties of Herefordshire to the north west , Worcestershire to the north , Warwickshire to the north east , Oxfordshire to the east , Wiltshire to the south and Bristol and Somerset to the south west .
Gloucestershire borders the county of Gwent in Wales , and in England the counties of Herefordshire , Worcestershire , Warwickshire , Oxfordshire , Wiltshire , Somerset and Bristol .