| Pilning | |
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  Pilning Location within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 3,647 |
| OS grid reference | ST556852 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode district | BS35 |
| Dialling code | 01454 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Pilning is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, close to Redwick and Severn Beach. Pilning is close to the M4, M49 and A403 roads, and has the South Wales Main Line railway running through it, with a minor station.[2]
The civil parish is Pilning and Severn Beach. The population at the 2011 census was 3,647.[3] An electoral ward exists in the same name.[4]
Because of the close proximity of the River Severn and the English Stones section of the river bed, Pilning has found itself the ideal place to make both a substantial railway tunnel and motorway bridge. The Severn Tunnel opened in 1885 and the Second Severn Crossing opened in 1996.[5][6]
- ^ "Pilning and Severn Beach Parish Council | Home".
- ^ "Pilning" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "Which South Gloucestershire station is one of the quietest in the UK?". Bristol Post. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "2015 parish election results". South Gloucestershire Council. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ Biddle, Gordon; Nock, Oswald Stevens (1983). The railway heritage of Britain: 150 years of railway architecture and engineering. M. Joseph. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-7181-2355-0.
- ^ The Severn crossings toll: third report of session 2010-11, report, together with formal minutes and written evidence. Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee. The Stationery Office. 22 December 2010. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-215-55570-0.