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- Gloucestershire - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
A county of southwestern England, Gloucestershire lies at the head of the Severn River estuary on the border with Wales. It is an administrative, geographic, and historic county. The administrative county includes six districts: Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Stroud, the boroughs of Cheltenham and Tewkesbury, and the city of Gloucester, which is the county town (county seat). The geographic and historic counties cover somewhat different areas.