Rodborough
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Rodborough is a large village and civil parish in the district of Stroud, Gloucestershire, in South West England. It is directly south of the town of Stroud, north of the town of Nailsworth and north-west of the town of Minchinhampton. The parish includes the settlements of Bagpath (not to be confused with Bagpath in the Ozleworth valley), Butterrow, Kingscourt, Lightpill and Rooksmoor, and is adjacent to the Stroud suburb of Dudbridge. The population taken at the 2011 census was 5,334.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Rodborough
- UK place.civil_parish
- Rodborough
- UK place.population
- 5,174
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.shire_district
- Stroud
- UK place.shire_county
- Gloucestershire
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Stroud
- UK place.post_town
- STROUD
- UK place.postcode_district
- GL5
- UK place.postcode_area
- GL
- UK place.dial_code
- 01453
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO851051
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Rodborough is a large village and civil parish in the district of Stroud, Gloucestershire, in South West England. It is directly south of the town of Stroud, north of the town of Nailsworth and north-west of the town of Minchinhampton. The parish includes the settlements of Bagpath (not to be confused with Bagpath in the Ozleworth valley), Butterrow, Kingscourt, Lightpill and Rooksmoor, and is adjacent to the Stroud suburb of Dudbridge. The population taken at the 2011 census was 5,334.
== Geography == thumb|upright=1.3|An entrance to Rodborough Fort Built on a hill, Rodborough village is near Rodborough Common, a public recreation area popular with walkers. Most of the common land was donated to the National Trust in 1937 by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher (1878–1950), a naval officer and entomologist. On the common is Rodborough Fort, a folly built in 1761 that is now a private house.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rodborough” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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