Newent | |
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The Market House, Newent | |
Location within Gloucestershire | |
Population | 6,277 (parish, 2021 Census)[1] |
OS grid reference | SO7225 |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NEWENT |
Postcode district | GL18 |
Dialling code | 01531 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Newent (/ˈnjuːənt/; originally called "Noent") is a market town and civil parish in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. The town is 11 miles (18 km) north-west of Gloucester.[2] Its population was 5,073 at the 2001 census, rising to 5,207 in 2011,[3] The population was 6,777 at the 2021 Census.[4] Once a medieval market and fair town, its site had been settled at least since Roman times. The first written record of it appears in the 1086 Domesday Book.[5]