Stroud
Parish in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.746, -2.214 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 85 05 |
| Population: | 60,155 |
Stroud is a market town and civil parish in the steep, wooded valleys of Gloucestershire on the edge of the Cotswolds in England. Sited where a number of fast-flowing streams meet, its dramatic slopes and Victorian mill buildings reflect a history rooted in woollen cloth manufacture and water-powered industry, and many former mills have been repurposed into workshops, galleries and homes.
Today Stroud is well known for a lively independent scene, strong community activism and a thriving arts and food culture – farmers' markets, craft shops and music venues feature alongside environmental and co‑operative initiatives. Its proximity to countryside and waymarked trails makes it popular with walkers, while the town’s creative and alternative spirit gives it a distinctive social and economic character within the wider district.
Postcode districts covering Stroud
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 21.9 miles
- Gloucester 7.3 miles
- Cheltenham 11.6 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 23 miles
- Stroud 0.6 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 16.3 miles
- Chippenham 20.2 miles
- Yate 16.7 miles
- Tewkesbury 17.2 miles
- Calne 23.2 miles
- Calne Without 23.1 miles
- Cirencester 10.7 miles
Neighbouring places
- Stroud Valley Ward 0.4 miles
- Stroud Uplands Ward 0.4 miles
- Stroud Central Ward 0.5 miles
- Stroud Slade Ward 0.6 miles
- Stroud Built-up area 0.6 miles
- Stroud Trinity Ward 0.7 miles
- Stroud Farmhill and Paganhill Ward 1 mile
- Rodborough Parish 1.1 miles
- Bagpath Built-up area 1.4 miles
- Whiteshill and Ruscombe Parish 1.5 miles
- Thrupp Ward 1.5 miles
- Whiteshill Built-up area 1.5 miles
Example postcodes in Stroud
GL5 1PF, GL5 1QY, GL5 4BT, GL5 1LZ, GL5 1QX, GL5 1QW, GL5 1UT, GL5 1NU, GL5 1EW … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 33.2 miles
- Birmingham International Airport 52.7 miles
- Stroud Railway Station 0.2 miles
- Stonehouse Railway Station 2.8 miles
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Schools in Stroud
- Archway School Secondary
- Marling School Secondary
- St Martins Centre (St Roses School) Special
- St Rose's Special School Special
- Stroud High School Secondary
- Stroud Valley Community Primary School Primary
- The Rosary Catholic Primary School Primary
- Uplands Community Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- The New Lawn Stadium 3.4 miles
- Cotswold Hills Hill 4.8 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 9.7 miles
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 10.6 miles
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 11.9 miles
- Whaddon Road Stadium 12.8 miles
- Cheltenham Racecourse Recreation 13.7 miles
- Forest of Dean Forest 14.6 miles
- Stowell Park Estate 15.6 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 19.6 miles