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Wales Online
Wales Online
Flora Bowen SWNS & Matt Jackson

Life on Britain's most diverse street where over 70 languages are spoken

Meet the residents of Britain's "most diverse street" - who speak 70 languages "better than dictionaries". Barton Street, in the quiet cathedral city of Gloucester, has dozens of different cultures and ethnic groups, who describe the multicultural community as "amazing".

Residents have come from India, Nigeria and Iraq among many other countries. They are represented in the shop signs and centres on the street.

The area was a traditionally Jewish quarter when a Jewish cemetery was built in the 18th century, but over the years there has been a large influx of Muslim and Eastern European families. Now the minaret of Jana Mosque points high above the quiet street filled with grocery shops, hairdressers, and restaurants serving the many different communities who live there.

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