Kempley is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire, England, close to the border with Herefordshire. It lies 17 miles northwest of Gloucester and 17 miles of Heref
St Mary's Church, with the oldest roof of any building in Britain
Frederick Walter Stephen West was an English serial killer, serial rapist and child molester, who committed at least twelve murders between 1967 and 1987 in Gloucestershire, England—the majority with
Kempley
…and cultural history of the village. In March 1994 fields near the village were found to contain the remains of two of the victims of serial killer Fred West. The small parish (280 residents) has two notable churches, one dedicated to St Mary and another to St Edward the Confessor. St Mary's Church, Kempley…
Fred and Rose West in the mid-1980s
Moorcourt Farm, Much Marcle, where West lived, in Moorcourt Cottage, 1946–1961
The West family, pictured in their Cromwell Street home on the date of Anna Marie West's January 1984 marriage. Heather, aged 13, is at the extreme right.
Cromwell Street, Gloucester, in 2011: No. 25 once stood in the space behind the bollards