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Gloucestershire

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This cateory represents the most northerly ceremonial county of the South West Region of England,: with Wales on its north western boundary, Monmouthshire from the north bank of the Mouth of the Severn,; north to West Midlands counties of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire,; before the South East county of Oxfordshire to the east.
The most westerly county in the South West is Wiltshire.
Directly south, the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset is separated from the Mouth of the Severn, by Bristol.
Although parts of the ceremonial county became the county of Avon, this area was granted unitary authority status: independent of Gloucestershire County Council, called South Gloucestershire (see Government ).