Berkeley (Gloucestershire)
Coordinates: 51 ° 41 ′ N , 2 ° 27 ′ W
Berkeley [ bɑːklɪ ] is a municipality in the county of Gloucestershire ( England ), on the River Severn , 27 km north-northeast of Bristol .
Berkeley is the birthplace of Thomas de Berkeley and Edward Jenners . In 1327 Edward II was murdered at Berkeley Castle . The decommissioned Berkeley nuclear power plant is located in Berkeley .
Personalities
- Edward Jenner (1749-1823), discoverer of the smallpox vaccination
- Pfeiffer Georgi (* 2000), cyclist
Web links
Commons : Berkeley, Gloucestershire - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
