Cam West
Ward in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.705, -2.38 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 73 00 |
| Dialling code: | 01453 (Dursley) |
Cam West lies on the western fringe of the village and civil parish of Cam in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, tucked beneath the slopes of the Cotswolds. The ward combines suburban streets, small areas of farmland and pockets of local business, with convenient rail access via Cam and Dursley station that makes commuting to nearby centres such as Gloucester and Bristol straightforward.
Its character is shaped by the wider Stroud valley history of cloth-making and light engineering - echoes of that industrial past are visible in nearby Dursley - but today Cam West feels like a settled, community-minded suburb with primary schools, pubs, sports clubs and plenty of countryside on the Cotswold escarpment for walking and cycling.
Postcode districts covering Cam West
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 19.5 miles
- Gloucester 12.1 miles
- Cheltenham 18.2 miles
- Bath 22.5 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 17.3 miles
- Stroud 7 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 11.6 miles
- Chippenham 20.3 miles
- Yate 11.3 miles
- Portishead 23 miles
- Tewkesbury 22.2 miles
- Calne 24.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Cam Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Cam East Ward 1.3 miles
- Upthorpe Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Stinchcombe Parish 1.5 miles
- Slimbridge Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Cambridge Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Dursley Built-up area 2 miles
- Coaley Parish 2.3 miles
- Hamfallow Parish 2.7 miles
- Berkeley Vale Ward 2.7 miles
- Frocester Parish 2.8 miles
- North Nibley Built-up area 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Cam West
GL11 5FQ, GL11 5LL, GL11 9DS, GL11 5BB, GL11 6JB, GL11 9AS, GL11 5LN, GL11 6LH, GL11 5EZ … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 26.6 miles
- Cardiff Airport 46.5 miles
- Cam and Dursley Railway Station 1.3 miles
- Stonehouse Railway Station 5.1 miles
Hotels near Cam West Ad
- Egypt Mill Hotel and Restaurant 6.9 miles
- Deangate Motel 6.9 miles
- Swan Hotel 3 4.8 miles
- Wild Garlic Rooms 4 6.9 miles
- De Vere Tortworth Court 4 5.8 miles
- Stonehouse Court Hotel - A Bespoke Hotel 3 4.6 miles
- Burleigh Court Hotel 4 8 miles
- The Bear of Rodborough Hotel 4 7.2 miles
- The Stroud Hotel 4 7.4 miles
- The Belfry Hotel 2 9.1 miles
Schools in Cam West
- Cam Woodfield Infant School Primary
Local points of interest
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 5.4 miles
- The New Lawn Stadium 6.3 miles
- Forest of Dean Forest 9.1 miles
- Cotswold Hills Hill 9.2 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 9.4 miles
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 9.6 miles
- Cuckoo Wood Forest 13.6 miles
- Chepstow Racecourse Recreation 13.6 miles
- Old Park wood Forest 14.3 miles
- Ninewells Wood Forest 14.4 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 15.5 miles
- Oldbury Court Estate Estate 16.3 miles