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Gloucester is a metropolitan area and territory in the English county of Gloucestershire and is close to the Welsh edge, and in the River Severn which is easy to access with car rental services from Thrifty Car Rental. Gloucester is the county township of Gloucestershire, and is the 46th largest City in England.

Gloucester is located on the eastern bank of the River Severn, 114 miles west-north-west of London. It is protected by the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west. Gloucester is linked to the Severn Estuary by the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, which is accessible by tiny vehicles.

The city is linked to the River Avon and Stourport-on-Severn by the passable region of the River Severn, which is passable by river craft. Gloucester was once linked to Ledbury and Hereford by the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal. This canal is now being restored, and the restored canal basin in the Gloucester suburbia.

Gloucester has a lengthy story in the aerospace industry and in 1926 the Gloucestershire Aircraft Company at Brockworth decided to alter its name to the Gloster Aircraft Company because global customers claimed that the name "Gloucestershire" was overly hard to spell.

Messier-Dowty's landing paraphernalia plant and Smiths Aerospace Dowty Propellers plant are located on the fringes of the metropolis. A carving in the city center celebrates Gloucester's aviation story and its participation in the jet locomotive, and The Whittle saloon at Gloucester Business Park is named after jet pioneer Frank Whittle.

Financial Services Gloucester is house to the headquarters of Cheltenham and Gloucester at Barnwood, third largest mortgage lender in the UK, and now a subsidiary of Lloyds TSB. Gloucester has many wonderful places to visit with your car rental from Thrifty Car Rental.