Pilning is a village in
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Towns in the area include Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Thornbury, Filton, Patchway and Bradley Stoke, the latter three forming pa ...
, England, close to
Redwick and
Severn Beach
Severn Beach is a village on the Severn Estuary in South Gloucestershire, England. The eastern portal of the Severn Tunnel is on the outskirts of the village. The Severn footpathon the sea wallis part of the Severn Way that leads from Gloucester ...
. Pilning is close to the
M4,
M49 and
A403 roads, and has the
South Wales Main Line
The South Wales Main Line ( cy, Prif Linell De Cymru), originally known as the London, Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway or simply as the Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway, is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in Great Britain ...
railway running through it, with a
minor station.
The civil parish is ''Pilning'' and
Severn Beach
Severn Beach is a village on the Severn Estuary in South Gloucestershire, England. The eastern portal of the Severn Tunnel is on the outskirts of the village. The Severn footpathon the sea wallis part of the Severn Way that leads from Gloucester ...
. The population at the
2011 census was 3,647. An
electoral ward
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...
exists in the same name.
Because of the close proximity of the
River Severn
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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
The Severn Tunnel ( cy, Twnnel Hafren) is a railway tunnel in the United Kingdom, linking South Gloucestershire in the west of England to Monmouthshire in south Wales under the estuary of the River Severn. It was constructed by the Great Western ...
opened in 1885 and the
Second Severn Crossing
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, architect ...
opened in 1996.
Landmarks
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.
The Plough Inn hosts a jazz evening on the first Sunday of every month. Pilning Cricket Club was established in 1883.
The parish church of St Peter was completed in 1855 (consecrated 9 August), the principal architect was
Thomas Henry Wyatt
Thomas Henry Wyatt (9 May 1807 – 5 August 1880) was an Anglo-Irish architect. He had a prolific and distinguished career, being elected President of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1870–73 and being awarded its Royal Gold Medal for A ...
with H. Crisp. It also has a late 20th-century south extension in same style. It is a grade II
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
. The village also contains the St Mary's Indian Orthodox Church.
Pilning had an annual Carnival, and an amateur dramatic society, "The Village Players". At Christmas 2015 the "Players" put on a pantomime production of "
Mother Goose
The figure of Mother Goose is the imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes. As a character, she appeared in a song, the first stanza of which often functions now as a nursery rhyme. This, howeve ...
".
See also
*
Pilning railway station
References
External links
Pilning village websitePilning and Severn Beach Parish CouncilSt Peters Primary School
{{South Gloucestershire
Villages in South Gloucestershire District