- Stroud (district)
Stroud is a local government district in
Gloucestershire ,England . It is named after its largest town, Stroud, and has its administrative headquarters in Ebley Mill, in the Ebley area on the outskirts of the town.The district is mixed and consists of part of the
Cotswolds and an area of the flat, fertile valley of theRiver Severn . The town of Stroud is by some way the largest in the area. The southern portion of the district is served mostly by its own market towns, chief among which areDursley andWotton-under-Edge . It was formed under theLocal Government Act 1972 , onApril 1 ,1974 , by a merger ofNailsworth and Stroudurban district s,Dursley Rural District ,Stroud Rural District , and parts ofGloucester Rural District ,Sodbury Rural District andThornbury Rural District .The area is rich in
Iron Age and Roman remnants and is of particular interest toarchaeologist s for itsNeolithic burial grounds, of which there are over 100. Much of its wealth was built on the cloth industry during the Victorian era, and its many mills, most of which are now listed buildings, survive as testament to this.Much of the landscape in this area is designated as an
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty . The esteemedCotswold Way walk leads through the area. There aregliding clubs atAston Down andNympsfield .External links
* [http://www.stroud.gov.uk The web site of Stroud District Council]
* [http://www.thisisstroud.com The web site of the Stroud News & Journal]
* [http://stroud.urbanants.co.uk/ Urbanants Stroud] Community site where you can find, review and talk about all things Stroud
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