Stroud Valley
Ward in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.749, -2.204 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 86 05 |
The Stroud Valley ward sits within the steep, wooded valleys that give Stroud in Gloucestershire, England its distinctive topography. The River Frome and a network of former mill channels and canals such as the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames and Severn Canal are woven through the area, reflecting an 18th–19th century woollen and cloth‑manufacturing past visible in old mills and Victorian terraces.
Today the ward mixes residential streets with a lively creative and small‑business economy: independent shops, galleries, cafés and regular markets feed into Stroud’s well‑known arts and sustainability scene, while woodlands and riverside corridors are popular for walking. Good rail and road links keep the area connected to larger centres, and active local conservation and community groups help preserve the valley’s scenic and historic character.
Postcode districts covering Stroud Valley
Most populated places nearby
- Swindon 21.6 miles
- Gloucester 7.2 miles
- Cheltenham 11.3 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 23.4 miles
- Stroud 1.1 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 16.7 miles
- Chippenham 20.3 miles
- Yate 17.1 miles
- Tewkesbury 17 miles
- Calne 23.2 miles
- Calne Without 23.1 miles
- Cirencester 10.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Stroud Slade Ward 0.3 miles
- Stroud Uplands Ward 0.5 miles
- Stroud Trinity Ward 0.6 miles
- Stroud Central Ward 0.9 miles
- Stroud Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Stroud Farmhill and Paganhill Ward 1.4 miles
- Rodborough Parish 1.4 miles
- Thrupp Ward 1.5 miles
- Bagpath Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Whiteshill and Ruscombe Parish 1.6 miles
- Whiteshill Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Brimscombe and Thrupp Built-up area 1.7 miles
Example postcodes in Stroud Valley
GL5 1BX, GL5 1RF, GL5 1QT, GL5 1LJ, GL5 1PF, GL5 1QY, GL5 1QR, GL5 1TP, GL5 1TW … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 33.6 miles
- Birmingham International Airport 52.4 miles
- Stroud Railway Station 0.7 miles
- Stonehouse Railway Station 3.3 miles
Hotels near Stroud Valley Ad
- Burleigh Court Hotel 4 2.3 miles
- The Bear of Rodborough Hotel 4 1.9 miles
- The Stroud Hotel 4 0.7 miles
- Egypt Mill Hotel and Restaurant 3.6 miles
- The Falcon Painswick 4 2.7 miles
- Wild Garlic Rooms 4 3.8 miles
- Stonehouse Court Hotel - A Bespoke Hotel 3 3.8 miles
- The Close Hotel 4 7.9 miles
- Amberley Inn 4 2.7 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Gloucester - South 3 5.6 miles
Local points of interest
- The New Lawn Stadium 3.7 miles
- Cotswold Hills Hill 4.8 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 9.9 miles
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 10.9 miles
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 12.2 miles
- Whaddon Road Stadium 12.5 miles
- Cheltenham Racecourse Recreation 13.4 miles
- Forest of Dean Forest 15 miles
- Stowell Park Estate 15.2 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 19.9 miles