Pilning

Pilning
Pilning is located in Gloucestershire
Pilning
Pilning
Location within Gloucestershire
Population3,647 
OS grid referenceST556852
Civil parish
  • Pilning and Severn Beach [1]
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBristol
Postcode districtBS35
Dialling code01454
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51°33′50″N 2°38′30″W / 51.5640°N 2.6417°W / 51.5640; -2.6417

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]

  1. ^ "Pilning and Severn Beach Parish Council | Home".
  2. ^ "Pilning" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Which South Gloucestershire station is one of the quietest in the UK?". Bristol Post. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ^ "2015 parish election results". South Gloucestershire Council. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.