Whitminster
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__NOTOC__ Whitminster is a village and civil parish in the Stroud district, in Gloucestershire, England, on the A38 trunk road approximately south of Gloucester and north-west of Stroud. The parish population at the 2011 census was 881. The hamlet of Wheatenhurst is signposted from the A38 at Whitminster. Whitminster is close to Junction 13 of the M5 motorway, with Bristol, South Wales and the south Midlands all within an hour's drive.
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Place details
- Locality
- Stroud
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Whitminster
- UK place.shire_county
- Gloucestershire
- UK place.shire_district
- Stroud
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Stroud
- UK place.postcode_district
- GL2
- UK place.postcode_area
- GL
- UK place.post_town
- Gloucester
- UK place.static_image_name
- Whitminster crossroads on the A38 - geograph.org.uk - 319467.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Whitminster crossroads on the A38
- UK place.population
- 881
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
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__NOTOC__ Whitminster is a village and civil parish in the Stroud district, in Gloucestershire, England, on the A38 trunk road approximately south of Gloucester and north-west of Stroud. The parish population at the 2011 census was 881. The hamlet of Wheatenhurst is signposted from the A38 at Whitminster. Whitminster is close to Junction 13 of the M5 motorway, with Bristol, South Wales and the south Midlands all within an hour's drive.
Wheatenhurst manor, with Whitminster House and the parish church of St Andrew, lies about to the west of the modern village. Plans for additional new housing were announced in Spring 2017.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Whitminster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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