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Pilning

Village in Gloucestershire, England

Field	Value
country	England
official_name	Pilning
static_image_name	Pilning Church - geograph.org.uk - 1700928.jpg
coordinates
civil_parish	Pilning and Severn Beach
population	3,647
unitary_england	South Gloucestershire
lieutenancy_england	Gloucestershire
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	Thornbury and Yate
post_town	Bristol
postcode_district	BS35
postcode_area	BS
dial_code	01454
os_grid_reference	ST556852

Pilning is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, close to 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.

The civil parish is Pilning and Severn Beach. The population at the 2011 census was 3,647. An electoral ward exists in the same name.

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.

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 with H. Crisp. It also has a late 20th-century south extension in same style. It is a grade II listed building. 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".

Transport

Pilning railway station is located 1 mi east of the village. As of 2023, only two eastbound trains a week serve the station due to the removal of the footbridge during Great Western Main Line electrification works.

Pilning is served hourly by bus route 12, operated by Stagecoach West, between Stoke Gifford (for ) and Severn Beach.

References

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(22 December 2010). "The Severn crossings toll: third report of session 2010-11, report, together with formal minutes and written evidence". Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Welsh Affairs Committee. The Stationery Office.
"The Plough Inn". What's On In Bristol.
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"Church of St. Peter". historicengland.org.uk.
"Indian Orthodox Church consecrated for Bristol". British Orthodox Church.
(22 June 2009). "Pilning carnival draws in the crowds". Gazette.
(15 November 2015). "The Village Players in Pilning bring Mother Goose to the village for some seasonal entertainment". Gazette.

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