Gloucestershire

Ceremonial county
	Coordinates: 51°48′N 2°12′W / 51.8°N 2.2°WCoordinates: 51°48′N 2°12′W / 51.8°N 2.2°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South West
Established	Ancient
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of Parliament	List of MPs
Police	Gloucestershire Constabulary
Ceremonial county
Lord Lieutenant	Edward Gillespie
High Sheriff	Julie Kent
Area	[convert: needs a number]
• Ranked	of 48
Population (2005 est.)	823,500
• Ranked	25th of 48
Density	261/km2 (680/sq mi)
Ethnicity	87.2% White British (2021)
Non-metropolitan county
County council	Gloucestershire County Council
Executive	Conservative
Admin HQ	Gloucester
Area	[convert: needs a number]
• Ranked	of 26
Population	575,400
• Ranked	21st of 26
Density	217/km2 (560/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2	GB-GLS
GSS code	E10000013
ITL	UKK13
Website	gloucestershire.gov.uk
Unitary authorities
Councils	South Gloucestershire Council
Districts
	; Districts of Gloucestershire; Unitary County council area
Districts	Tewkesbury; Forest of Dean; Gloucester; Cheltenham; Stroud; Cotswold; 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.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added^[2]	Agriculture^[3]	Industry^[4]	Services^[5]
1995	5,771	196	1,877	3,698
2000	8,163	148	2,677	5,338
2003	10,617	166	2,933	7,517

↑ The High Sheriff of Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
↑ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
↑ includes hunting and forestry
↑ includes energy and construction
↑ 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

Gloucestershire Media

Atlas created by cartographer Christopher Saxton in 1576 as part of his 'Atlas of the Counties of England and Wales'. Contains hand-written marginal notes.
The flag of the historic county of Gloucestershire
A campus of the University of Gloucestershire
Parish Church of St. Mary, Fairford
Gloucester cathedral west front
Aerial photo of Sudeley Castle
Historic House icon*For use with en:Template:EngPlacesKey or any other use. Created by Naturenet
Castle icon in SVG vector format