Place:Wickwar, Gloucestershire, England

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NameWickwar
Alt namesWichensource: Domesday Book (1985) p 115
TypeTown
Coordinates51.6°N 2.4°W
Located inGloucestershire, England
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Wickwar (not to be confused with Warwick) is a village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, located between Chipping Sodbury and Charfield. It is famous for its football club and its high street. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,943. The Wickwar brewery is a popular local producer of cask ale.

The village is on the main Bristol–Birmingham railway line, and once had a station, but this closed in January 1965. To the south, the line passes through a tunnel long. Wickwar also lies near to the source of the Little Avon River, which rises in woodland to the east.

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