Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Location of South Gloucestershire. The thick line at the top of the map is a country border, separating Monmouthshire (Wales) from Gloucestershire (England). Map of South Gloucestershire. The blue lines are motorways. South Gloucestershire is a local government area, created in 1996 when the county of Avon was abolished. It is north of the city of Bristol. South Gloucestershire lies within the traditional and ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire. South Gloucestershire covers an area of 497 km2 and is home to around 250,000 people. The major towns in the area are Bradley Stoke Filton Kingswood Thornbury Yate More minor towns and villages in UAA include Abson Almondsbury Alveston Chipping Sodbury Dyrham Doynton Hinton Little Stoke Olveston Patchway Pucklechurch Rudgeway Wick Winterbourne It is home to the eastern ends of the two famous Severn bridges which are the main route to Wales. A small part of the Cotswolds and the national trust site Dyrham Park are also in the area. The district borders the Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. External links South Gloucestershire Council: http://www.southglos.gov.uk/ This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.