Pilning
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Pilning is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, close to Redwick and Severn Beach. Pilning is a village that is disturbed by the busy M4, M49 and A403 as well as a railway line running through it, with a minor station. Nevertheless, it is a village filled with history and many sights.
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
The parish church of St Peter was completed in 1855 (consecrated 9th August), the principal architect was Thomas Henry Wyatt and H. Crisp it also has a late 20th century south extension in same style. It is a grade II listed building.[1]
Pilning has an annual Carnival and family fun night. It is also fortunate to have its very own amateur dramatic society "The Village Players".
[edit] External links
- Map and aerial photo of Pilning from Multimap.com
- Other map and aerial photo sources
[edit] References
- ^ Church of St. Peter. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
- David Vesey, Gloucestershire: The Vale and Forest of Dean, The Buildings of England, edited by Nikolaus Pevsner, 2nd ed (1976) ISBN 0-14-071041-8
