Westbury-on-severn
Westbury-on-Severn is a rural town in England that is the centre of the big, rural parish, also called Westbury-on-Severn. The village is located on the A48 road (between Minsterworth and Newnham on Severn) and also bounded by the River Severn to the south and west. Westbury is also bounded to the West by the Newport to Gloucester railway line, although Westbury does not have a railway station, the closest stations being Gloucester and Lydney. Westbury is simply over a mile long and also has one only housing estate to the south of the major A48 road which was created in the 1980s. The village likewise has a primary school, post office cum village store, a club "The Red Lion" and physician's surgery and also dentist surgery. Geoff Sterry, a coal and also solid gas merchant, is additionally based in the village. Westbury drops within the District of the Forest of Dean although the woodland itself does not extend to the village. The village has a big parish church, which is distinct, as the steeple is not attached to the major building because of a fire which burned down the old wooden structure not long after the brand-new steeple was finished. Within the veranda of the church are numerous markings of crosses as well as full crosses made throughout the English Civil War. The north deck as well as north aisle are the earliest parts of the church, having been constructed around 1290. Just to the East of the town centre is the National Trust had Westbury Court Garden.
