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___MASK40___ is one of nine official regions of England . It is the largest in area , covering and the counties of Gloucestershire , Bristol , Wiltshire , Somerset , Dorset , Devon and Cornwall , as well as the Isles of Scilly . Five million people live in ___MASK40___ . ___MASK77___ is a city , unitary authority area and county in ___MASK40___ with an estimated population of 449 , 300 in 2016 . It is England ' s sixth and the United Kingdom ' s eighth most populous city , and the most populous city in Southern England after London . The city borders the Unitary Authority areas of North Somerset and South Gloucestershire , with the historic cities of Bath and Gloucester to the south - east and north - east , respectively . A unitary authority is a type ___MASK64___ local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level ___MASK64___ sub - national government . Dursley is a market town and civil parish in ___MASK13___ , England . It is under the northeast flank ___MASK64___ Stinchcombe Hill , and about 3 miles ( 6 km ) southeast ___MASK64___ the River Severn . The town is adjacent to Cam which , though a village , is a community in its own right . Lower ___MASK30___ is a small hamlet located in the county ___MASK64___ Gloucestershire , England . It is situated about five miles south west ___MASK64___ Dursley , eighteen miles southwest ___MASK64___ Gloucester and fifteen miles northeast ___MASK64___ Bristol . Lower ___MASK30___ is within the civil parish ___MASK64___ Alkington . The ___MASK43___ ___MASK64___ Dean is a geographical , historical and cultural region in the western part ___MASK64___ the county ___MASK64___ Gloucestershire , England . It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and ___MASK41___ - west , Herefordshire to the ___MASK41___ , the River Severn to the south , and the City ___MASK64___ Gloucester to the east . A parish is a church territorial unit constituting a division within a diocese . A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction ___MASK64___ a parish priest , who might be assisted by one or more curates , and who operates from a parish church . Historically , a parish often covered the same geographical area as a manor ( its association with the parish church remaining paramount ). ___MASK63___ is a country that is part ___MASK64___ the United Kingdom . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest ___MASK64___ ___MASK63___ and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . ___MASK63___ is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths ___MASK64___ the island ___MASK64___ Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles ___MASK64___ Scilly , and the Isle ___MASK64___ Wight . ___MASK97___ is a city and ___MASK73___ in ___MASK56___ England , the county city ___MASK64___ Gloucestershire . ___MASK97___ lies close to the Welsh border , on the River Severn , between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest ___MASK64___ Dean to the ___MASK56___ . Alkington is a civil parish in the ___MASK73___ ___MASK64___ Stroud , Gloucestershire . It had a population ___MASK64___ 638 in the 2001 census , increasing to 688 at the 2011 census . There is no Alkington village , the parish consists ___MASK64___ various hamlets , including Woodford , Newport and Lower Wick . The parish adjoins the Stroud parishes ___MASK64___ Ham and Stone to the west ; Hamfallow to the north ; Stinchcombe to the north - east ; North Nibley to the east . The South Gloucestershire parishes ___MASK64___ Charfield and Tortworth lie to the south and south - west respectively . Alkington was in Thornbury Rural District until the RDC was abolished in 1974 . The greater part was transferred into the new county ___MASK64___ Avon , as part ___MASK64___ the new ___MASK73___ ___MASK64___ Northavon but a group ___MASK64___ parishes in the north ___MASK64___ the ___MASK73___ , around Berkeley , wished not to transfer into the new county , but chose instead to remain with Gloucestershire , under the new Stroud District Council . These were the parishes ___MASK64___ Hinton , Hamfallow , Ham and Stone , Alkington , and Berkeley itself . With the demise ___MASK64___ Avon , in 1996 , Alkington remained with the main county ___MASK64___ Gloucestershire . In ___MASK63___ , a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier ___MASK64___ local government below districts and counties , or their combined form , the unitary authority . It is an administrative parish , in contrast to an ecclesiastical parish . The ___MASK6___ Severn ( Welsh : " Afon Hafren ", Latin : " Sabrina ") is the longest ___MASK6___ in the ___MASK9___ , at about . It rises at an altitude ___MASK64___ on Plynlimon , close to the Ceredigion / Powys border near Llanidloes , in the Cambrian Mountains ___MASK64___ mid Wales . It then flows through Shropshire , Worcestershire and Gloucestershire , with the county towns ___MASK64___ Shrewsbury , Worcester and Gloucester on its banks . With an average discharge ___MASK64___ at Apperley , Gloucestershire , the Severn is the greatest ___MASK6___ in terms ___MASK64___ water flow in England and Wales . ___MASK13___ (; abbreviated Glos .) is a county in ___MASK40___ . The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills , part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn , and the entire Forest of Dean .