North Nibley

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North Nibley
North Nibley shown within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference	ST740958
District	Stroud
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DURSLEY
Postcode district	GL11
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	Great Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Cotswold
List of places: UK • England • Gloucestershire

Coordinates: 51°39′38″N 2°22′36″W / 51.66054, -2.37674

North Nibley is a village in Gloucestershire, England about 3 km northwest of Wotton-under-Edge.

Nibley itself is just outside Yate, (a few miles further south), and there is another Nibley near Blakeney in the Forest of Dean.

North Nibley is the probable birth place of William Tyndale, who was responsible for translating the New Testament into English, and for which he was later sentenced to death by burning at the stake in Vilvoorde, Flanders. In his memory the Tyndale Monument stands on Nibley Knoll just above the village, at grid reference ST742957 on the Cotswold Way and is a fine viewpoint. From the top of the monument the panoramic views of both the Severn Bridges and beyond to the Black Mountains in Wales can be fully appreciated.

The village is home to the Nibley Nobblers football team and Nibley Cricket Team, who have won the legendary Pratt Cup two seasons in a row. 2007 saw the first Nibley Music Festival which looks set to be an annual event. The village shop on Barrs Lane has been a run as a voluntary organisation by villagers since 2001 and stocks many locally produced items.

For more details visit the village website http://northnibley.com/