Stroud Central
Ward in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.746, -2.225 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 84 05 |
Stroud Central sits at the heart of Stroud in Gloucestershire, where the steep, wooded valleys of the Cotswolds meet the town’s compact centre. It bears a visible industrial past from 18th–19th-century cloth-making, with converted mills and narrow streets reflecting the streams that once powered local industry.
Today the ward has a lively independent vibe - cafés, artisan shops, galleries and regular markets - and a strong tradition of green politics and community activism. The local economy blends tourism, creative industries and small-scale manufacturing, and the area is popular with both long-standing residents and newcomers drawn to its civic life and alternative, community-minded atmosphere in England.
Postcode districts covering Stroud Central
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 22.3 miles
- Gloucester 7.3 miles
- Cheltenham 11.9 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 22.7 miles
- Stroud 0.2 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 16.1 miles
- Chippenham 20.2 miles
- Yate 16.4 miles
- Tewkesbury 17.4 miles
- Calne 23.4 miles
- Calne Without 23.2 miles
- Cirencester 11.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Stroud Built-up area 0.2 miles
- Stroud Farmhill and Paganhill Ward 0.6 miles
- Stroud Uplands Ward 0.7 miles
- Stroud Valley Ward 0.9 miles
- Cainscross Parish 1 mile
- Rodborough Parish 1 mile
- Stroud Slade Ward 1.1 miles
- Stroud Trinity Ward 1.2 miles
- Randwick, Whiteshill and Ruscombe Ward 1.3 miles
- Whiteshill Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Whiteshill and Ruscombe Parish 1.3 miles
- Randwick and Westrip Parish 1.3 miles
Example postcodes in Stroud Central
GL5 2HL, GL5 1QD, GL5 3EH, GL5 2JT, GL5 3BY, GL5 3AZ, GL5 3AQ, GL5 4AQ, GL5 1QG … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 32.8 miles
- Birmingham International Airport 53 miles
- Stroud Railway Station 0.3 miles
- Stonehouse Railway Station 2.3 miles
Hotels near Stroud Central Ad
- The Bear of Rodborough Hotel 4 1.7 miles
- Burleigh Court Hotel 4 2.5 miles
- The Stroud Hotel 4 0.3 miles
- Egypt Mill Hotel and Restaurant 3.3 miles
- Wild Garlic Rooms 4 3.6 miles
- The Falcon Painswick 4 3.2 miles
- Stonehouse Court Hotel - A Bespoke Hotel 3 2.9 miles
- Amberley Inn 4 2.4 miles
- The Close Hotel 4 8 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Gloucester - South 3 5.3 miles
Schools in Stroud Central
- Marling School Secondary
- St Martins Centre (St Roses School) Special
- St Rose's Special School Special
- Stroud High School Secondary
- The Rosary Catholic Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- The New Lawn Stadium 3.3 miles
- Cotswold Hills Hill 5 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 9.7 miles
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 10.2 miles
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 11.5 miles
- Whaddon Road Stadium 13.1 miles
- Cheltenham Racecourse Recreation 14 miles
- Forest of Dean Forest 14.1 miles
- Stowell Park Estate 16.1 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 19.4 miles
- Cuckoo Wood Forest 20 miles