Dunkirk, Gloucestershire
Dunkirk is a hamlet in the rural north of South Gloucestershire, near the Gloucestershire border, in the parish of Hawkesbury. The hamlet is on an important T-junction where the A46 (which goes from Bath to Nailsworth and Stroud) meets the A433 (which goes towards Tetbury and Cirencester).
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Dunkirk in Hawkesbury parish should not be confused with Dunkirk near Nailsworth, also on the A46 in Gloucestershire, and the site of Dunkirk Mill.[1]
The hamlet of Petty France is directly to the south. Petty France and Dunkirk were known as road accident hotspots, The proportion of fatal and serious accidents was 46%, and is significantly higher than the average for South Gloucestershire as a whole, which is 12%. 13 accidents occurred between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2001, including 2 fatal accidents, four were serious and seven were slight.,[2] as a result of this the speed through the two hamlets was reduced to 40 MPH.
References
- Victoria County History of Gloucestershire: Nailsworth Economic History
- "South Gloucestershire website". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2009.