Pilning

Coordinates: 51°33′50″N 2°38′30″W / 51.5640°N 2.6417°W / 51.5640; -2.6417
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Pilning
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51°33′50″N 2°38′30″W / 51.5640°N 2.6417°W / 51.5640; -2.6417

Pilning is a village in

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

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]

Landmarks

The Plough Inn

The village is home to St Peters Primary School and a number of other amenities including a shop, a doctor's surgery, and several pubs such as The King's Arms.[2] The Plough Inn hosts a jazz evening on the first Sunday of every month.[7] Pilning Cricket Club was established in 1883.[8]

The parish church of St Peter was completed in 1855 (consecrated 9 August), the principal architect was Thomas Henry Wyatt with H. Crisp. It also has a late 20th-century south extension in same style. It is a grade II listed building.[9] The village also contains the St Mary's Indian Orthodox Church.[10]

Pilning had an annual Carnival,[11] and an amateur dramatic society, "The Village Players". At Christmas 2015 the "Players" put on a pantomime production of "Mother Goose".[12]

Transport

Great Western Main Line electrification works
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Pilning is served hourly by bus route 12, operated by Stagecoach West, between Stoke Gifford (for Bristol Parkway) and Severn Beach.

References

  1. ^ "Pilning and Severn Beach Parish Council | Home".
  2. ^ a b Google (27 August 2016). "Pilning" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 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. ISBN 978-0-7181-2355-0
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  6. ISBN 978-0-215-55570-0
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  7. ^ "The Plough Inn". What's On In Bristol. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  8. ISBN 978-0-7146-5251-1
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  9. ^ "Church of St. Peter". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
  10. ^ "Indian Orthodox Church consecrated for Bristol". British Orthodox Church. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Pilning carnival draws in the crowds". Gazette. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  12. ^ "The Village Players in Pilning bring Mother Goose to the village for some seasonal entertainment". Gazette. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

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