photograph courtesy of Nigel Smith
About Gloucestershire
Located on the northern edge of the South-West region of the United Kingdom, Gloucestershire is home to the major UK cities of Gloucester and Cheltenham.
The area has some of Britain's most beautiful countryside including part of the Cotswold Hills,
The River Severn which is famous for a naturally occurring tidal wave called the
‘Severn
Bore’, the
Royal Forest of
Dean one of England’s most ancient wooded areas and a small portion of the Malvern Hills
to the North.
ther notable
towns in the area include Stroud, Cirencester and Tewkesbury.
The area is also home to the world famous Government Communications Headquarters known worldwide as GCHQ and is a centre for the
finance business including The Chelsea building society, Endsleigh insurance, the Cheltenham and Gloucester Bank and a call centre for Zurich financial
services.
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