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runs through the village, and under Patch Bridge which must be crossed to reach the Wildfowl Trust. Damage to the decking of Patch Bridge in October 2007 resulted in a temporary repair being made using steel plates. This had the effect of unbalancing the bridge, which warped and jammed on 23 October
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Estate. The Berkeley Estate had for years been a famous sporting estate although the last Earl of Berkeley, who died young, was more interested in the sciences. Ernest Cook extended the estate further by purchasing Breadstone Farm and
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2007. The swing bridge was replaced in early 2009. Nearby there is a caravan park and pub. The name of the bridge is echoed by the locals abandoning the "Tudor Arms" name and merely referring to the pub as "The Patch."
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Slimbridge Local History Society holds regular meetings featuring presentations of local history and maintains online archives for members' use.
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with the 14 communes of the former canton of Saint-Georges-du-Vièvre (Normandy, France), the most populated of which is
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of 1,109 acres (4.49 km) in the parishes of Slimbridge and Gossington out of the sale of outlying portions of the
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Slimbridge is home to one primary school that takes pupils from Slimbridge and the surrounding village of
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The village also has a cricket club which operates in the Stroud District Cricket League.
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Parish church of St. John the Evangelist; the canal at Patch Bridge, near the
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The 2,480-acre (10.0 km) Slimbridge Estate is owned by the
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List of twin towns and sister cities in the United Kingdom
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Camping and Caravan Club. 477:as well as competing in the 107:1,136 (2011, including 879:Villages in Gloucestershire 834:"Slimbridge Parish Council" 670:"Slimbridge Primary School" 381:Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust 117:OS grid reference 34:Human settlement in England 905: 588:"Patch Bridge Replacement" 503: 500:Twin towns – sister cities 461:from the Berkeley family. 434:Cambridge, Gloucestershire 319: 297: 257: 66: 44: 536:"Parish population 2011" 471:Slimbridge Football Club 428:School and playing field 722:"The Slimbridge Estate" 495:International relations 644:historicengland.org.uk 418:St John the Evangelist 416:The village church of 395:Canal and Patch Bridge 237:Postcode district 724:. Ernest Cook Trust. 387:which was started by 780:. My Footy Grounds. 590:. 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civil parish
Dursley
Gloucestershire


Wildfowl Reserve
Slimbridge is located in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Cambridge
OS grid reference
SO740035
Civil parish
District
Stroud
Shire county
Gloucestershire
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
GL2
Dialling code
Police
Gloucestershire
Fire
Gloucestershire
Ambulance

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