Brockweir
Brockweir is a village in Hewelsfield and Brockweir civil parish, in the Forest of Dean District of Gloucestershire, England. The civil parish also includes the separate village of Hewelsfield.
| Brockweir | |
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The River Wye and old quayside at Brockweir | |
Brockweir Location within Gloucestershire | |
| OS grid reference | SO539011 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Chepstow |
| Postcode district | NP16 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
The village is located on the eastern bank of the River Wye. A road bridge links it across the river to Monmouthshire, Wales, about a mile (1.6 km) outside the village of Tintern and 7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) north of Chepstow. The village is close to both the Offa's Dyke Path and the Wye Valley Walk.
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