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Woolaston is a village and civil parish located since 1974 in the Forest of Dean District of Gloucestershire, England in southwest England. It lies on the north side of the Severn Estuary approximately 5 miles (8 kilometres) from the Welsh border at Chepstow and is surrounded by woodland and agricultural land. Changing patterns of employment and home occupation have changed the character of rural villages in this area. In bygone years there were several more shops, a blacksmith and more, but they are all long gone now as the character of the village changes. Today a substantial proportion of the village commute because the village is well placed to serve the housing needs of those who work in the Forest of Dean and also in Chepstow, Bristol, Newport and even as far as Cardiff and even London. The population was 1,206 according to the UK census of 2011. At one time the parish of Woolaston stretched between the River Severn and the River Wye, but now it does not (though it is still quite large). It was reduced by the area now in the Hewelsfield and Brockweir civil parish (formerly Hewelsfield). The Woolaston parish contains many smaller hamlets including Netherend, Woolaston Common, High Woolaston, Woolaston Woodside, Woolaston Slade, Common Wood, Stroat, Keynsham, Plusterwine, Brookend, Smallbrook, Clap-Y-Ates and Clanna. The deserted chapelry and civil parish of Lancaut is treated separately. [edit] Registration Districts
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