Village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England
Oldbury-on-Severn
Oldbury-on-Severn is a small village near the mouth of the River Severn in the South Gloucestershire district of the county of Gloucestershire in the west of England.
The parish, which includes the village of Cowhill had a population at the 2011 census of 780.
It is home to the nearby Oldbury nuclear power station, a Magnox power station which opened in 1967 and ceased operation on 29 February 2012.
How locals move
Getting around Oldbury-on-Severn the local way
- Go nextThe bridge over the river, which opened in 1906 and replaced a ferry (which promptly went bankrupt owing to an inevitable loss of custom), is particularly fine.
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