Newent

Newent
The Market House, Newent
Newent is located in Gloucestershire
Newent
Newent
Location within Gloucestershire
Population6,277 (parish, 2021 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSO7225
Civil parish
  • Newent
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWENT
Postcode districtGL18
Dialling code01531
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51°56′N 2°24′W / 51.93°N 2.40°W / 51.93; -2.40

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]

  1. ^ "Newent". City population. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Directions: Newent to Gloucester". Google maps. 24 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Town population 2011". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Newent (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  5. ^ Powell-Smith, Anna. "Newent | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.