STROUD (DISTRICT)

Stroud District
Stroud ''Shown within the administrative county of Gloucestershire''
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South West England
Admin. County:	Gloucestershire
Area: - Total	Ranked 109th 460.65 km²
Admin. HQ:	Stroud
ONS code:	23UF
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.7% White
Politics
Stroud District Council http://www.stroud.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs:	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, David Drew

'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 the River 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 are Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, on April 1, 1974, by a merger of Nailsworth and Stroud urban districts, Dursley Rural District, Stroud Rural District, and parts of Gloucester Rural District, Sodbury Rural District and Thornbury Rural District.
The area is rich in Iron Age and Roman remnants and is of particular interest to archaeologists for its Neolithic 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 esteemed Cotswold Way walk leads through the area.

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External links

External links

★ The web site of Stroud District Council

★ The web site of the Stroud News & Journal

★ Urbanants Stroud Community site where you can find, review and talk about all things Stroud