Brookend
Built-up area in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.714, -2.46 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 68 01 |
| Dialling code: | 01594 (Lydney) |
The small settlement of Brookend sits on the edge of Stroud in Gloucestershire, England, tucked into the rolling slopes and wooded valleys of the Cotswolds. Its name hints at the network of brooks and millstreams that shape the local landscape, and it offers easy access to countryside footpaths, stone cottages and the classic millponds that characterise the area.
Historically connected to the wool and cloth mills that helped make Stroud prosperous, Brookend still shows traces of that industrial past alongside modern residential life; today residents benefit from the town’s vibrant artisan culture, farmers’ markets and community events while enjoying strong local identity and ready access to walking and cycling routes into the surrounding countryside.
Postcode districts covering Brookend
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 18.7 miles
- Newport 23.4 miles
- Gloucester 13.8 miles
- Cheltenham 20.3 miles
- Bath 23.5 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 17.2 miles
- Stroud 10.2 miles
- Cwmbran Central 24.8 miles
- Cwmbrân 24.9 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 12.6 miles
- Chippenham 22.8 miles
- Pontypool 24.6 miles
Neighbouring places
- Hinton Parish 0.6 miles
- Sharpness Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Hamfallow Parish 0.8 miles
- Berkeley Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Berkeley Vale Ward 1.8 miles
- Clapton Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Lydney East Ward 2.4 miles
- Lydney North Ward 3 miles
- Lydney Built-up area 3 miles
- Stinchcombe Parish 3.2 miles
- Ham and Stone Parish 3.2 miles
- Blakeney Built-up area 3.3 miles
Example postcodes in Brookend
GL13 9RY, GL13 9RU, GL13 9SQ, GL13 9SD, GL13 9RX, GL13 9RZ, GL13 9RR, GL13 9RS, GL13 9SA … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 25.5 miles
- Cardiff Airport 43.8 miles
- Lydney Railway Station 3.1 miles
- Lydney Town Railway Station 3.2 miles
Hotels near Brookend Ad
- Malt House 3 1.4 miles
- The Prince Of Wales Hotel Berkeley 3 2.4 miles
- The Berkeley Arms Hotel 3 1.6 miles
- Days Inn by Wyndham Michaelwood M5 2.5 4.1 miles
- De Vere Tortworth Court 4 5.8 miles
- Best Western Gables Hotel 3 4.9 miles
- Thornbury Castle - A Relais & Chateaux Hotel 5 7.5 miles
- The Black Horse Inn 5.1 miles
- The Anchor Inn 3 7.4 miles
- Stonehouse Court Hotel 3 7.5 miles
Schools in Brookend
- OneSchoolGlobal Bristol Campus Independent - all ages
Local points of interest
- Forest of Dean Forest 6.2 miles
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 7.2 miles
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 8.5 miles
- The New Lawn Stadium 9.8 miles
- Cuckoo Wood Forest 10.1 miles
- Chepstow Racecourse Recreation 10.6 miles
- Old Park wood Forest 10.8 miles
- Ninewells Wood Forest 11 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 12.4 miles
- Cotswold Hills Hill 12.7 miles
- Oldbury Court Estate Estate 15.9 miles
- Grace Dieu Abbey Historic site 16 miles