Westbury-on-severn
Westbury-on-Severn is a country town in England that is the centre of the large, rural parish, also called Westbury-on-Severn. The village is situated on the A48 road (between Minsterworth and also Newnham on Severn) and also bounded by the River Severn to the south and also west. Westbury is also bounded to the West by the Newport to Gloucester train line, although Westbury does not have a railway station, the closest stations being Gloucester and Lydney. Westbury is just over a mile long and also has one just housing estate to the south of the primary A48 road which was built in the 1980s. The town additionally has a primary school, post office cum village store, a bar "The Red Lion" and physician's surgery and dental professional surgical treatment. Geoff Sterry, a coal as well as strong gas seller, is likewise based in the village. Westbury drops within the Area of the Forest of Dean although the woodland itself does not reach the town. The village has a big parish church, which is distinctive, as the steeple is not connected to the main structure due to a fire which burned down the old wooden building not long after the brand-new steeple was finished. Within the porch of the church are several markings of crosses and also full crosses made during the English Civil War. The north patio as well as north aisle are the earliest parts of the church, having actually been developed around 1290. Simply to the East of the village centre is the National Trust had Westbury Court Garden.
