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South Gloucestershire

unitary authority, England, United Kingdom
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South Gloucestershire, unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Gloucestershire, southwestern England, directly north and east of the city of Bristol. South Gloucestershire is mainly a fertile clay valley extending eastward from the mud flats of the River Severn estuary. The eastern part of the unitary authority crosses the steep westward-facing escarpment of the limestone Cotswolds uplands, 600 feet (180 metres) in elevation. Encompassing the towns of Mangotsfield and Kingswood on the eastern edge of the Bristol urban area, the unitary authority also includes a more rural area to the north and east. Thornbury (a market centre in the northwest) ...(100 of 301 words)

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