Gloucestershire

American  

[glos-ter-sheer, -sher, glaw-ster-] / ˈglɒs tərˌʃɪər, -ʃər, ˈglɔ stər- /

noun

1. a county in SW England. 1,255 sq. mi. (2,640 sq. km). Gloucester.

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Gloucestershire British  

/ -ʃə, ˈɡlɒstəˌʃɪə /

noun

1.  Glos.  a county of SW England, situated around the lower Severn valley: contains the Forest of Dean and the main part of the Cotswold Hills: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire (part of Avon county from 1974 to 1996). Administrative centre: Gloucester. Pop (excluding South Gloucestershire): 568 500 (2003 est). Area (excluding South Gloucestershire): 2643 sq km (1020 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

A business owner in Gloucestershire has now moved despite her "stunning" location at the end of the bridge, while chairman of Tidenham Parish Council Clive Russell described it as "an extraordinarily big issue".

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

It also closed to pedestrians in March, with people on both sides of the border - in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire - expressing their frustration.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

Gloucestershire Police said a man in his 40s from Tewkesbury was arrested on Wednesday before being interviewed and released on police bail.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital's A&E will operate normal hours during the strike, and the public has been urged to only attend if their condition is life-threatening or serious.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

They had a nice little country house on the borders of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, and, though they had no children, were one of the happiest old couples I ever knew.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh