Welcome to the Berkeley Town Council Website
Berkeley is an ancient English settlement, referred to in the Doomsday book as "Berchelai". The town is noted for Berkeley Castle, the site of the imprisonment and gruesome murder of King Edward II in 1327. Berkeley was also the birthplace for Edward Jenner, the originator of vaccination, who in 1796 discovered the vaccine for smallpox. Berkeley is also the site of the now decommissioned Berkeley Power Station, the first commercial nuclear power station to enter service in the UK.
The town is located mid-way between Bristol and Gloucester on the south bank of the River Severn. The town now sits on a hill, surrounded by marshland which forms part of the flood plain for the River Severn. The central area of Berkeley is a designated conservation area and includes many listed buildings.
Berkeley's Town status originates from Anglo Saxon times during the reign of King Edward the Confessor (1042 to 1066) and continued until the 19th Century. Following the 1974 re-organisation of Local Government, the Parish of Berkeley regained its Town Status and its Mayor.
Within these pages there is information about the Town Council facilities and the activities of its Committees as well as details of Local Businesses. If you would like to find out more about Berkeley Town Council, follow the links on the left of this page or please do not hesitate to contact the Town Council Office.
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