Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire (pronounced ; 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.
 Year  Regional Gross Value AddedComponents may not sum to totals due to rounding  Agricultureincludes hunting and forestry  Industryincludes energy and construction  Servicesincludes financial intermediation services indirectly measured 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 
 Gloucester City Council website
 Visit Gloucester Site 
 Gloucester jobs 
 Gloucestershire County Council 
 Gloucestershire Tourism Partnership 
 Official site for Cotswolds tourism
 Yate and Chipping Sodbury Guide  - A Guide to Yate and Chipping Sodbury in South Gloucestershire
 Archaeological Handbook of Gloucestershire by George Witts
 Tales of the River Severn  by Chris Witts

Category:Ceremonial counties of England