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Gloucester / Vereinigtes Königreich

Gloucester [ˈɡlɒstər] ist eine Stadt im Südwesten Englands, nahe der Grenze zu Wales. 2016 betrug die Bevölkerungszahl rund 128.000 Einwohner. Gloucester ist der traditionelle Verwaltungssitz der Grafschaft Gloucestershire. Zusammen mit dem benachbarten Cheltenham ist die Stadt Sitz der University of Gloucestershire. Gloucester selbst liegt am linken, dem östlichen Ufer des Severn, etwa 185 Kilometer in westnordwestlicher Richtung von London. Es wird umgeben von den Cotswolds im Osten, während die Malvern Hills und der Forest of Dean sich im Westen und Nordwesten erheben. Gloucester besitzt einen Hafen, der den Gloucester und Sharpness Schiffskanal mit der Schiffung auf dem Severn verbindet. Damit wird es Schiffen ermöglicht, trotz des Tidenhubs des Flusses, die Docks zu erreichen. Bis in die 1980er Jahre hinein verfiel das frühere Hafenviertel mit den Lagerhäusern und Speichern, bis schließlich die Erneuerung des Stadtteils wieder Leben in das Viertel brachte. Inzwischen ist hier auch das National Waterways Museum untergebracht, ein Ankerpunkt der Europäischen Route der Industriekultur sowie zahlreiche hochwertige Appartements, Geschäfte und Bars.

Museum of Gloucester

Gloucester / Vereinigtes Königreich

The Museum of Gloucester in Brunswick Road is the main museum in the City of Gloucester. It has recently been extensively renovated following a large National Heritage Lottery Fund grant and it reopened on Gloucester Day, 3 September 2011.In March 2016, The Museum rebranded itself and used to be called Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery.The Gloucester Life is a smaller museum in Westgate Street, dealing with the social history of Gloucestershire.

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

Gloucester / Vereinigtes Königreich

The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust is the Gloucestershire local partner in a conservation network of 46 Wildlife Trusts. The Wildlife Trusts are local charities with the specific aim of protecting the United Kingdom's natural heritage. The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust is managed by a Board of Trustees elected from its membership who provide overall direction for the development of the Trust and there are Advisory Committees. The work of the trust is carried out through staff and volunteers.

Gloucester Shire Hall

Gloucester / Vereinigtes Königreich

Gloucester Shire Hall is a municipal building in Westgate Street, Gloucester. It is the main office and the meeting place of Gloucestershire County Council. It is a grade II listed building.

Gloucester Life

Gloucester / Vereinigtes Königreich

Gloucester Life is a museum which is housed in two of the oldest buildings in the City of Gloucester, a Tudor merchant's house and a 17th-century town house. The museum, at 99–103 Westgate Street, is devoted to the social history of Gloucestershire. Bishop Hooper is said to have lodged in the buildings now occupied by the museum the night before he was burned at the stake in front of St Mary de Lode Church in 1555.The Museum was called Gloucester Folk Museum before rebranding itself in 2016.

The Crypt School

Gloucester / Vereinigtes Königreich

The Crypt School is a grammar school with academy status for boys and girls located in the city of Gloucester. This school has become the only coeducational selective school in Gloucester. This school has been an all boys school for almost 500 years but in 2018, it became coeducational. The sixth form has been coeducational for about 30 years and soon the crypt school will be fully coeducational. In 2018 the school allowed about 1/3 year seven girls, and 2/3 year seven boys, allowing 150 new students into the school. The school was founded in 1539 by Joan Cooke with money inherited from her husband John.