Vale of Berkeley

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The Vale of Berkeley (sometimes known as Berkeley Vale) is an area in Gloucestershire, England. [1] It lies between the River Severn and the Cotswold Edge, north of Bristol and south of Gloucester. It includes the towns of Berkeley, Thornbury, Cam, Dursley, Wotton-under-Edge and surrounding villages.

Vale of Berkeley College was a comprehensive school at Wanswell, just north of Berkeley, which closed in 2010.

The Vale of Berkeley Railway is a heritage line, with hopes to reopen the Sharpness branch line. [2]

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References

  1. "Vale of Berkeley, Stroud". OS GetOutside. Ordnance Survey . Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  2. "Vale of Berkeley Railway". VoBR. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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