Box
Built-up area in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.701, -2.203 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 86 00 |
| Dialling code: | 01453 (Dursley) |
The hamlet of Box sits on the edge of Minchinhampton and the Cotswolds, within the district of Stroud in Gloucestershire, England. Perched on limestone high ground, it has the honey‑coloured stone cottages typical of the area and affords wide views down into the Severn Vale.
Historically the locality shares in the wool and small‑scale quarrying heritage of the Stroud valleys; today it is mainly agricultural and residential, with many people commuting to Stroud, Gloucester or Bristol. Its proximity to Minchinhampton Common and the Cotswolds’ walking routes gives it a quiet rural character popular with walkers and those seeking countryside living close to market towns.
Postcode districts covering Box
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 24 miles38.6 km
- Swindon 19.9 miles32 km
- Gloucester 10.5 miles16.8 km
- Cheltenham 14.3 miles23 km
- Bath 23.3 miles37.5 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 20.8 miles33.4 km
- Stroud 3 miles4.9 km
- Chipping Sodbury 13.9 miles22.4 km
- Chippenham 17 miles27.4 km
- Yate 14.5 miles23.3 km
- Tewkesbury 20.3 miles32.6 km
- Melksham 22.7 miles36.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Nailsworth Built-up area 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Minchinhampton Built-up area 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Amberley Built-up area 0.9 miles1.5 km
- Brimscombe and Thrupp Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Woodchester Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Bagpath Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Avening Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Thrupp Ward 1.9 miles3 km
- Horsley Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Amberley and Woodchester Ward 2 miles3.3 km
- Rodborough Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Stroud Trinity Ward 2.8 miles4.4 km
Example postcodes in Box
GL6 9HL, GL6 9AD, GL6 9HD, GL6 9HA, GL6 9HE, GL6 9HG, GL6 9AG, GL6 9HB, GL6 9HN … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 31.2 miles50.3 km
- Cardiff Airport 53.3 miles85.8 km
- Stroud Railway Station 3.1 miles5 km
- Stonehouse Railway Station 4.6 miles7.3 km
Hotels near Box Ad
- Burleigh Court Hotel 4 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Egypt Mill Hotel and Restaurant 0.8 miles1.2 km
- Wild Garlic Rooms 4 0.9 miles1.4 km
- The Bear of Rodborough Hotel 4 1.6 miles2.5 km
- The Close Hotel 4 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Amberley Inn 4 1 mile1.5 km
- The Stroud Hotel 4 3.1 miles5 km
- The Snooty Fox 3 4.8 miles7.7 km
- The Hare & Hounds Hotel 4 6.1 miles9.8 km
- The Falcon Painswick 4 6 miles9.6 km
Schools in Box
- Cotswold Chine School Independent - special
Local points of interest
- The New Lawn Stadium 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Cotswold Hills Hill 2 miles3.2 km
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 6.7 miles10.7 km
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 8.7 miles14 km
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 14.2 miles22.8 km
- Whaddon Road Stadium 15.4 miles24.8 km
- Forest of Dean Forest 15.9 miles25.6 km
- Cheltenham Racecourse Recreation 16.4 miles26.4 km
- Stowell Park Estate 16.5 miles26.5 km
- Dyrham Park Historic site 16.9 miles27.2 km
- Hartham Country house 17.4 miles28.1 km
- Stanley Abbey (Wiltshire) Historic site 17.6 miles28.3 km