Upthorpe
Built-up area in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.7, -2.346 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 76 00 |
| Dialling code: | 01453 (Dursley) |
Upthorpe is a small residential hamlet within the district of Stroud in Gloucestershire, England. Nestled on the edge of the rolling hills of the Cotswolds, it has the rural character you expect of the area - stone cottages, farmland and easy access to lanes and footpaths that link into the Stroud valleys and wider countryside.
Like many settlements around Stroud, Upthorpe shares in the region’s industrial and cultural legacy: an economy shaped by historic wool and mill activity, today balanced between agriculture, local businesses and commuters who work in nearby centres. Social life tends to revolve around village halls, local pubs and the lively markets, arts and food scene that Stroud is known for, giving the place a quietly active community feel without losing its rural calm.
Postcode districts covering Upthorpe
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 20 miles32.2 km
- Gloucester 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Cheltenham 17.5 miles28.1 km
- Bath 22.2 miles35.8 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 17.5 miles28.2 km
- Stroud 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Chipping Sodbury 11.5 miles18.5 km
- Chippenham 19.2 miles31 km
- Yate 11.4 miles18.3 km
- Portishead 23.9 miles38.5 km
- Tewkesbury 21.9 miles35.2 km
- Melksham 24.3 miles39.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Cam East Ward 0.4 miles0.6 km
- Cam Built-up area 0.8 miles1.4 km
- Dursley Built-up area 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Cam West Ward 1.5 miles2.3 km
- Coaley Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Coaley and Uley Ward 1.8 miles2.8 km
- Frocester Parish 2 miles3.3 km
- Uley Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Cambridge Built-up area 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Slimbridge Built-up area 2.5 miles3.9 km
- Stinchcombe Parish 2.5 miles4 km
- Nympsfield Built-up area 2.5 miles4 km
Example postcodes in Upthorpe
GL11 5HR, GL11 5HN, GL11 5EW, GL11 5HP, GL11 5HW, GL11 5HJ, GL11 5HL
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 27.2 miles43.7 km
- Cardiff Airport 47.7 miles76.8 km
- Cam and Dursley Railway Station 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Stonehouse Railway Station 4.2 miles6.8 km
Hotels near Upthorpe Ad
- Egypt Mill Hotel and Restaurant 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Wild Garlic Rooms 4 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Stonehouse Court Hotel - A Bespoke Hotel 3 3.8 miles6.1 km
- The Bear of Rodborough Hotel 4 5.9 miles9.5 km
- Burleigh Court Hotel 4 6.6 miles10.6 km
- Swan Hotel 3 4.4 miles7 km
- The Close Hotel 4 9.1 miles14.7 km
- De Vere Tortworth Court 4 6.4 miles10.3 km
- The Stroud Hotel 4 6.3 miles10.1 km
- Deangate Motel 8.4 miles13.5 km
Local points of interest
- The New Lawn Stadium 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 5.2 miles8.3 km
- Cotswold Hills Hill 7.8 miles12.5 km
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 8.2 miles13.3 km
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Forest of Dean Forest 10.4 miles16.8 km
- Chepstow Racecourse Recreation 15 miles24.1 km
- Cuckoo Wood Forest 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Dyrham Park Historic site 15.3 miles24.6 km
- Old Park wood Forest 15.7 miles25.3 km
- Ninewells Wood Forest 15.9 miles25.6 km
- Oldbury Court Estate Estate 16.6 miles26.8 km