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Covering Gloucester, Bristol, Cheltenham, Stroud, Cirencester, Tewkesbury, Bath, Clevedon, Nailsea, Weston-super-Mare, Lydney, Mitcheldean, Newent, Wotton-under-Edge, Cinderford and all areas of Gloucestershire and Bristol
Marquee Hire Gloucestershire and Bristol covers two separate counties of England that border each other. Although they are separate counties “Gloucestershire and Bristol” is considered to be one area for the purposes of categorisation on Marquee Hire Guide.com.
Gloucestershire is a county with many areas of natural beauty. Gloucestershire’s county flower is the Wild Daffodil. In 2007 Gloucestershire was the site of the worst flooding in Britain in recorded history which caused an estimated two billion pounds of damage.
Some examples of Gloucestershire’s large urban areas include Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Cheltenham, Stroud and Cirencester.
Sunday schools were founded by Robert Raikes while he lived in Gloucester. Gloucester is home to the bank that shares its name – the Cheltenham and Gloucester. Cheltenham is another Gloucestershire town close by.
Cheltenham is a spa town and is the home of steeplechase horse racing. The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a famous race that takes place on the Gloucestershire based racecourse. Another town in Gloucestershire is Stroud – which is where the green cloth used on snooker tables is made.
Tewskebury sits on the confluence of the River Avon and the River Severn and that is the reason the town was so badly hit during the 2007 floods. On the 20th July 2007 so much rain fell on the area that all four access roads into Tewkesbury were closed. The Gloucestershire town was without tap water for over two weeks!
Large parts of the Cotswolds are in Gloucestershire. The biggest town in the Cotswolds is Cirencester.
The most populous city in the south west of England is Bristol. Bristol’s urban area has a population of 550,000 making it England’s sixth most populated city. In the 1300’s Bristol was the third largest town in England with a population of between 15,000 & 20 thousand.
Bristol was the birthplace of the music form “Trip-Hop”. Artists from the town include Portishead (named after a local town) Massive Attack and Tricky.
Tony Benn was a member of parliament from Bristol for 33 years from 1950 until 1983 The city is twinned with a number of different cities around the world including Guangzhou, China – whose population of 6,000,000 is almost twelve times that of Bristol.
Bristol has between 1541 and 1885 hours of sunshine per year and a higher than average rainfall due to its proximity to the Bristol Channel.
Bristol is home to two universities – the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England. The city is also home to Ashton Court, Bristol Zoo and the Clifton Suspension bridge. Clifton Suspension Bridge was designed by Brunel in 1831 but not completed until after his death in 1859 due to a number of different reasons.
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