Stroud District is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England. It is named for its largest town, Stroud, and has its administrative headquarters in Ebley, on the outskirts of the town. map of districts of Gloucestershire File links The following pages link to this file: Stroud (district) Categories: GFDL images ... Gloucestershire (pronounced glostersher or sometimes glostersheer) is a ceremonial and administrative county in southwest England. ... The region (sometimes known as Government Office Region) is currently the highest level of local government in England. ... South West England is one of the regions of England. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced glostersher or sometimes glostersheer) is a ceremonial and administrative county in southwest England. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Stroud may refer to: Stroud, Gloucestershire in England Stroud (district) Stroud, Oklahoma Stroud, Ontario Stroud Township, Pennsylvania This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by population. ... The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. ... Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (born March 23, 1953) is a British politician, and Conservative Member of Parliament for Cotswold. ... David Elliott Drew (born 13 April 1952) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and Labour and Co-operative member of Parliament for Stroud. ... The Districts of England are the lowest level of local government in England except for civil parishes. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced glostersher or sometimes glostersheer) is a ceremonial and administrative county in southwest England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Stroud is a town in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ...

The district is a somewhat arbitrary administrative creation, comprising part of the Cotswolds and an area of the flat, fertile valley of the River Severn. While the town of Stroud is by some way the largest in the area, it is located in the extreme north of the district and isolated from the south by poor communications through the surrounding hills. The southern portion of the district is served mostly by its own market towns, chief among which are Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge. The Cotswolds are a range of hills in central England, sometimes called the heart of England, a hilly area reaching nearly 300 m or 1000 feet. ... This article is about the British river. ... The Dursleys are a fictional family who live in Little Whinging, Surrey, UK. They are the only remaining family of Harry Potter, whom they despise. ... Wotton-under-Edge is a town located at the southern end of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. ...

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. Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... Roman or Romans has several meanings, primarily related to the Roman citizens, but also applicable to typography, math, and a commune. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... The Neolithic, (Greek neos=new, lithos=stone, or New Stone Age) is traditionally the last part of the stone age. ...

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. Unfortunately, the Stroud District has become something of a minor conurbation, with many towns and villages all rolled together, including Cashes Green, Thrupp, Cainscross and the industrial Stonehouse. Many people consider that the countryside has been ruined by the urbanization of the area. In many places, congestion and traffic jams are big problems, as is the resulting pollution. Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is a United Kingdom. ... The Cotswold Way is a long-distance footpath, running along the escarpment of the Cotswold hills in England. ... A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. ... Stonehouse is the name of two places in England. ...

At the turn of the second millennium there was a boom in house prices, which has made the area something of an elite and expensive place to live. Property development schemes are flourishing all over the Five Valleys, worsening the problems of congestion.