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Stroud

For other uses, seeStroud (disambiguation).
Not to be confused withStrood.

Stroudis amarket townandcivil parishinGloucestershire,England. It is the main town inStroud District.The town's population was 13,500 in 2021.[1]

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Stroud is located in Gloucestershire
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Population13,468 (2021 Census)[1]
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTROUD
Postcode districtGL5
Dialling code01453
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Sited below the westernescarpmentof theCotswold Hills,at the meeting point of theFive Valleys,the town is noted for its steep streets. The CotswoldArea of Outstanding Natural Beautysurrounds the town, and theCotswold Waypath passes by it to the west. It lies 10 miles (16 km) south of the city ofGloucester,14 miles (23 km) south-southwest ofCheltenham,13 miles (21 km) west-northwest ofCirencesterand 26 miles (42 km) north-east of the city ofBristol.Londonis 91 miles (146 km) east-southeast of Stroud and the Welsh border atWhitebrook,Monmouthshire,is 19 miles (31 km) to the west. Not part of the town itself, the civil parishes ofRodboroughandCainscrossform part of Stroud's urban area.

Stroud acts as a commercial centre for surrounding villages and market towns includingAmberley,Bisley,Bussage,Chalford,Dursley,Eastcombe,Eastington,King's Stanley,Leonard Stanley,Minchinhampton,Nailsworth,Oakridge,Painswick,Randwick,Selsley,Sheepscombe,Slad,Stonehouse,Brimscombe & Thrupp,WhiteshillandWoodchester.[2][better source needed]

In March 2021The Sunday Timesnamed Stroud the best place to live in the UK, citing the town's abundance of green spaces, independent spirit, and high quality of schools.[3]

Etymology

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Stroud was namedLa Strodein a document of 1221, though most early records use the spellingStroud.TheOld EnglishnameStrōdrefers to a "marshy land overgrown with brushwood". Although the name is now pronounced to rhyme with "proud", its original pronunciation survives in the Kent town ofStrood,which has the same etymology.[4]

History

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Stroud is known for its involvement in theIndustrial Revolution.[5]It was aclothtown:woollenmillswere powered by the small rivers which flow through the five valleys, and supplied from Cotswoldsheepwhich grazed on the hills above. Particularly noteworthy was the production of military uniforms in the colour Stroudwater Scarlet.[6][7]Stroud became known for its production ofbroadcloth,which was widely known as "Stroud cloth" and traded around the world.[8]The area became home to a sizableHuguenotcommunity in the 17th century, fleeing from persecution in Catholic France,[9]followed by a significantJewishpresence in the 19th century, linked to the tailoring and cloth industries.[10]There were two synagogues by 1889, but these became disused by around 1908.[11]

Stroud was an industrial and trading location in the 19th century, and so needed transport links. It first had acanalnetwork in the form of theStroudwater Navigationand theThames & Severn Canal,both of which survived until the early 20th century. Restoration of these canals as a leisure facility by a partnership ofStroud District Counciland theCotswold Canals Trustis well under way[12]with a multimillion-poundLotterygrant.Stroud railway station(on theGloucester–SwindonGolden Valley Line) was designed byIsambard Kingdom Brunel.[13]

High Street, the main shopping street

Though there is much evidence of early historic settlement and transport, Stroud parish was originally part ofBisley,and only began to emerge as a distinct unit in the 13th century, taking its name from the marshy ground at theconfluenceof the Slad Brook and theRiver Fromecalled "La Strode", and was first recorded in 1221. The church was built by 1279, and it was assigned parochial rights by the rectors ofBisleyin 1304, often cited as the date of Stroud's foundation.[14]

Historic buildings and places of interest in the area include theneolithiclong barrowsatUley,Selsley CommonandNympsfieldto the west;Roman eraremains atFrocester,West Hill near Uley, andWoodchester;themedievalbuildings atBeverston Castle;and the outstandingTudorhouses atNewark ParkandOwlpen Manor.Woodchester Mansionis a masterpiece of theGothic Revivalby localarchitectBenjamin Bucknall.[15]

From 1837 to 1841, Stroud's MP wasLord John Russellof theWhigparty, who later becameprime minister.Russell was an important politician: he was responsible for passing Acts of Parliament such as thePublic Health Act 1848,but he is mainly remembered as one of the chief architects of theReform Act 1867.[16]This Act, also known as the Second Reform Act, gave the vote to every urban male householder, not just those of considerable means. This increased the electorate by 1.5 million voters. Lord John Russell is remembered in the town in the names of two streets, John Street and Russell Street, as well as the Lord Johnpublic house.In 1835 the local press referred to Lord John Russell's opportunism in choosing Stroud as his new constituency as 'trying his hand in the vales of Gotham', a reference to a 1798 poem mocking Stroud residents for opening a church organ "before it could speak".[17]"Gotham" was a popular local town nickname and "house" name atEastcombeManor school in the 1940s and 1950s.

Neolithic remains

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Thelong barrowatRandwickmeasures about 56 by 26 metres (184 by 85 ft), and stands 4 metres (13 ft) high at the north-east end. Excavations in 1883 found an opening to the north-east, from which there was access to a simple square chamber of one cell containing disarticulated human remains. Traces of the chamber can still be seen, although it is not accessible. Additional burials were found adjacent to the barrow on the south-west side.[18]

The Iron Age tribesmen of Gloucestershire made their final stand against the massive Roman invasion onMinchinhampton Common.Survivors eventually fled to the north. Some earthworks, known as 'the Bulwarks', and theLongstone of Minchinhamptonare evidence of these ancient fortifications.[19]

Roman remains

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Woodchester Roman Villais one of many Roman villas discovered in Gloucestershire. It was occupied between the early 2nd and late 4th centuries AD. There is now nothing visible of the villa above ground and the site is occupied by a churchyard. The villa's most famous feature is the Orpheus mosaic, the second largest of its kind in Europe and one of the most intricate. It dates toc. 325 CEand was re-discovered by Gloucestershire-born antiquarian Samuel Lysons in 1793. It has been uncovered seven times since 1880, the last time in 1973, but there are no plans to reveal it again. It depicts Orpheus charming all forms of life with his lyre and has been praised for its accuracy and beauty.[20][21]

In 1979, several portions of Romantessellatedpavement, Roman tiles, coins, pottery, etc. were discovered in the grounds of the house at Brown's Hill, one mile north of Stroud, suggesting the existence of a Roman villa.

Remains of another Roman villa have been found in the parish of Painswick, on a farm called Highfield, about1⁄2mile (800 metres) northwest of the town. Walls were found, crossing one another at right angles; also many flue tiles, and some Roman coins.[22]It was opened some years ago in a rough and hurried way, and covered up again. A short account of it appeared in the public press at the time.[citation needed]

The excavation at a site at Ebley Road in Stonehouse has revealed evidence of some of the earliest Roman activity known in the Stroud Valleys. A large rectangular enclosure dating back to the 1st century AD was found and more than a dozen human skeletons were unearthed at the end of 2010.[23]

Demography

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At the2001 UK census,Stroud civil parish had a total population of 12,690.[24] For every 100 females, there were 96.4 males. Ethnically, the population is predominantly white (98.2%).[25]20.6% of the population were under the age of 16 and 8.3% were aged 75 and over; the mean age of the people of the urban area was 39.5. 92.6% of residents described their health as "fair" or better, similar to the average of 92.8% for the wider district.[26][27] The average household size was 2.4.[28] Of those aged 16–74, 24.5% had no academic qualifications,[29] lower than the national average of 28.9%.[27]Of those aged 16–74, 2.6% were unemployed and 28.4% were economically inactive.[30]At the 2011 census, 107,026 people were described as white British, plus 591 being from the Irish Republic. 2,752 were white other, 364 Caribbean, 129 African, 429 Asian and 300 other Asian, all from mixed multiple ethnic groups. Of these, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh accounted for 258 people. Chinese and Arab people accounted for 226 people.

There are two definitions for the town of Stroud.[31]The narrowest definition is the parish, which had a population of 13,259 in 2011 and only includes the town centre and inner suburban areas.[32]The urban subdivision had a population of 32,670 and includes many suburbs often considered part of the town.[33]The urban area, which includesStonehousethat has a largely separate identity, and other surrounding villages had a population of 60,155.[34]Despite its extensive urban area, Stroud is surrounded by the greenbelt of the Cotswolds to the north, south and east.

Character and amenities

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Stroud has a significant artistic community that dates back to the early 20th century.Jasper Conrancalled Stroud "the Covent Garden of the Cotswolds";[35]theDaily Telegraphhas referred to it as "the artistic equivalent of bookish Hay-on-Wye";[36]while theLondon Evening Standardlikened the town to "Notting Hill with wellies".[37]The town has a large and diverse number of creative artists and musicians.[38]

Kite aerial photo of Stroud Leisure Centre
Kite aerial photograph of the restoration of the walled garden at the Museum in the Park.

The town was one of the birthplaces of theorganic foodmovement and was home to Britain's first fully organic café.[39]The Biodynamic Agricultural Association is based in the town.[40]

For many years Stroud has hosted afringe festivalon the second weekend in September. A new committee took over in early 2015 and now holds the festival on August Bank Holiday each year. The festival has been expanded to cover art and literature, as well as a diverse range ofunsigned bandswho lack a contract with a record label.[clarification needed]With a number of outdoor stages, and the majority of the venues in town taking part, over 400 performers can be seen free of charge over the course of the weekend. The town also hosts an annual series of lectures and exhibitions on contemporary textiles and textile culture called SELECT, run by Stroud International Textiles,[41]an event that exhibits international textiles.[42]

The Stroudwater Textile Trust was founded in 1999 to link the past and present of textiles in the Five Valleys[43]and to manage the opening of several mills in which historic textile machinery, including a working waterwheel, has been restored and is demonstrated. The Trust has produced a DVD,Rivers of Cloth,using archive film and interviews which was due to be released in early 2011 and a photographic survey of surviving woollen mills was undertaken for a book,Wool and Water,published in 2012.[44]

Subscription Rooms

TheSubscription Roomsat the centre of the town centre provide a venue for a variety of entertainment.[45]There is also a small theatre, the Cotswold Playhouse, which is home to the amateur Cotswold Players; it occasionally hosts visiting professional companies.[46]

On the fringes of the town areStratford Park,originally the park of a small local weaver, now home to a leisure centre with an indoor and anoutdoor swimming pool,and the Museum in the Park.[47]Housed in a Grade II listed 17th-century wool merchant's house, the museum collection tells the story of the Stroud District's history. It has over 4,000 objects on display, including dinosaur bones, historical paintings and one of the world’s first lawnmowers. In addition to the main displays there is a modern extension which includes a purpose-built art gallery showing a varied programme of exhibitions. Behind this is a contemporary walled garden.

The Redlers industrial estate is the site of the originalDudbridgeMills, beside the River Frome. From the mid-18th century onwards it housed the three mills of Daniel Chance: one corn, one gig and a dyehouse with eight drying racks. It was acquired in 1794 by John Apperley, whose family used the site for wool- and cloth-making for the next 140 years. In 1801 an industrial accident killed a young worker.

Campaigns

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Stroud citizens have a history of protest going back to the Stroudwater Riots of 1825.[48][49]In the late 1970s Stroud Campaign Against The Ringroad prevented Gloucestershire County Council's attempt to introduce new traffic plans. A few years later Stroud District Council tried to demolish 18th-century buildings in the town centre. Stroud High Street Action Group, with some rooftop protests and a high court judgement, demonstrated against this. The restored buildings are now a feature of the High Street. After a short occupation a compromise was reached in the demolition of buildings in Cornhill with many being saved, including one identified as a medieval house. This campaign led to the formation of the Stroud Preservation Trust which has been instrumental in saving many of the town's oldest buildings such as Withey's house, the Brunel Goods Shed and the Hill Paul building.[50]

In 1989 Stroud District Council tried to fell at midnight thirteen trees in Stratford Park near the road, which attracted national and international attention. Local Save The Trees campaigners had got in position first and prevented the felling, which was intended to allow road-widening. Campaigners occupied the trees for the next six weeks while, with the help of Friends of the Earth, introducing the County Surveyor to 'traffic calming' which he agreed to adopt instead of changing the road alignment. During the next five years County Surveyors' figures showed a fifty per cent decrease in accidents along this part of Stratford Road. The trees still survive.[51]

In 2000 Stroud District Council gave permission for the Victorian landmark Hill Paul building to be demolished. After thwarting demolition, local activists formed a company and sold enough shares at £500 each to take an option on the building, which they passed on to a local developer. The building has now been restored and converted into apartments (see photo on the right).[52][53]The full records of the Hill Paul building campaign are with the Gloucestershire Archivist at D9242/Accession 11679/3.

The Save Stroud Hospitals Taskforce has been campaigning since spring 2006 against a range of cuts to health services in and around Stroud, with thousands of people taking part in street demonstrations. Stroud Maternity Hospital was saved in September 2006.[54]

The Uplands Post Office branch in Stroud was one of 26 in the county to shut as part of a nationwide programme to cut losses. Following local opposition, the Post Office agreed to talks with civic chiefs to look at how it could reopen. The town council agreed to provide £10,000 of funding for the service in 2008 and up to £25,000 for 2009. In November 2008 it was confirmed that Stroud has become only the second place in Britain to save one of its Post Offices.[55]

In September 2010 theBNPscrapped plans to move their national media centre to Stroud after protests by local residents.[56]

In February 2012 NHS managers agreed to halt plans forStroud General Hospitalto be run by a social enterprise after local residents mounted a legal challenge in the High Court.[57]

Business

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There is still a small textile industry (the greenbaizecloth used to cover snooker tables and the cloth covering championship tennis balls is made here), but today the town functions primarily as a centre for light engineering and small-scale manufacturing, and a provider of services for the surrounding villages. Stroud is aFairtrade Town.[citation needed]

TheStroud and Swindon Building Societyhad its headquarters here until it merged with theCoventry Building Societyin September 2010. The building is now the headquarters of the renewable energy providerEcotricity.[58]

Damien Hirstowns the 'Science' facility in Stroud which produces his art.[59]

In September 2009, the Stroud Pound Co-operative launched theStroud Pound[60]as an attempt to reinforce the local economy and encourage more local production. The currency's design follows that of theChiemgauer,in being backed on a one-for-one basis by the national currency, having a charge for redemption which is donated to local charities, and including a system ofdemurrageto encourage rapid circulation.

Farmers' market

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Bread loaves in the farmers' market
TheOld Town Hall

Afarmers' market,launched byJasper ConranandIsabella Blowon 3 July 1999,[61]takes place every Saturday at the Cornhill market. It was nominated for the national Farmers' Market of the Year in 2001 and won it in 2007 and 2013. It also won theCotswold Lifemagazine award for the best farmers' market in Gloucestershire in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010. The market featured in an episode of BBC TV'sTheHairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britainin September 2009, and won the Best Food Market award at the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2010.[62]It is certified byFARMA.

In addition to the farmers' market there is a smaller market held (Fri & Sat) in The Shambles, an area adjacent to the steep High Street.John Wesleypreached from a butcher's block in The Shambles on 26 June 1742.[63]TheOld Town Hallis one of the oldest existing buildings in Stroud: originally referred to as the market house, it was built in 1596 and is still in occasional use today.[64]

Stroud Farmers' Market

Education

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School of Science and Art

History

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"There was a school at Stroud in 1576 but the schoolmaster, who did not have a licence and failed to teach the catechism, was then dismissed..."[65]

Primary schools

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There are six primary schools in the town:

  • Uplands Community Primary School[66]
  • Callowell Primary School[67]
  • Gastrells Community Primary School[68]
  • Rosary Catholic Primary School[69]
  • Severn View Academy[70]
  • Stroud Valley Community School[71]

Schools in surrounding areas include:

  • Rodborough Community Primary school
  • St Matthew's School (Cainscross)[72]
  • Cashes Green Primary school (Cainscross)
  • Foxmoor Primary School (Cainscross)
  • Whiteshill Community Primary school
  • Randwick CE Primary school
  • Gastrells Community Primary school[73]

Further schools include Amberley Parochial School, Nailsworth School and Woodchester School.

Secondary schools

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There are three secondary schools in Stroud.

Archway School[74]is a County Council maintained comprehensive school offering an 11-to-18 education for children in Stroud, Rodborough and Cainscross.

There are also two state-funded selective schools,Marling SchoolandStroud High School.These formergrant-maintainedandfoundation schoolsbecameacademiesin 2011. Both schools can trace their history back to the founding of Marling School in 1889 and Stroud High School which was founded in 1904 as the Girls' Endowed School. They continued to begrammar schoolslong after thecomprehensive schoolbecame the norm insecondary education,and their future was the subject of long-running controversy.[75]The two schools previously shared a mixedsixth form,called the Downfield Sixth Form, which worked in a three-way consortium withArchway Sixth FormandSouth Gloucestershire and Stroud College.

Other secondary schools includeMaidenhill Schoolin Stonehouse,Thomas Keble Schoolin Eastcombe, and the privateWycliffe Collegein Stonehouse.

Kite aerial photo of Thomas Keble School
Kite aerial photo of Marling School June 2010
Kite aerial photo of South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

Tertiary education

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Tertiary education in the town is provided bySouth Gloucestershire and Stroud College.

TheUniversity of Gloucestershirehas campuses a few miles to the north (inCheltenhamandGloucester) and theRoyal Agricultural Universitywest ofCirencesteris 12 miles (19 km) to the east.

Transport

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There are multiple bus routes around Stroud, and to nearby towns as well as Gloucester, many of which are operated byStagecoach West.[76]

The town is also served byGreat Western Railwaytrains fromStroud railway station,with frequent services to Gloucester,Cheltenham,Swindon,ReadingandLondon Paddington.The railway link was established in 1845. Up to then, Stroud had its own time which was set by a sundial at the top of Gloucester Street. There was also an observatory across the road from the hospital where now is a car park. As Stroud time was roughly 9 minutes behind GMT and people kept missing the train, a railway clock was put up in 1858 at the bottom of High Street. It was later moved across King Street to the top of Gloucester Street. The clock fell into disrepair over the years. It was finally saved by Captain Michael Maltin, who restored the clock in 1984 and found a new home for it in the Stroud library.Stonehouse railway stationis on the western edge of the town and in the wider urban area.[citation needed]

TheA46 roadlinks Stroud to Cheltenham in the north andBathto the south, with theA419 connecting Stroud toCirencesterin one direction and theM5 motorwayat Junction 13 in the other.

National Express coachesserve the town on routes 401 (Bristol–London Victoria) and 445 (Hereford–London Victoria). Stroud also lies on the traffic-free section ofSustransNational Cycle NetworkRoute 45.

Stroud was connected to the canal system when theStroudwater Navigationopened in 1779. It then became part of a through canal route from Bristol to London when theThames and Severn Canaladded a route over the Cotswolds in 1789. The canal closed in 1954 but theCotswold Canals Trustis leading a project to reopen the entire length of the trans-Cotswold route. A visitor centre and restored lock are located in the town.

Literature

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NovelistsSue Limb,Jilly CooperandKatie Fforde,children's authorsJamila Gavin,John DoughertyCindy JefferiesandClive Dale,poetJenny Joseph,andThe Guardian's food criticMatthew Forthave followed in the footsteps of theRev. W. Awdry,andW. H. Daviesand made the Stroud area their home.

AuthorLaurie Lee's novelCider with Rosieis set in the nearby Slad valley, andBooker Prize-winning authorAlan Hollinghurstis from the town. PoetsDennis Gould,Ted Milton,Michael Horovitz,Frances HorovitzandAdam Horovitzhave lived in the area.[citation needed]

Culture

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Stroud is home to the Bardic Chair of Hawkwood, an annual competition held atHawkwood Collegein May to select that year's Bard who then has the responsibility to promote the bardic arts in the Stroud area.[77][78]The folk-rock music groupThe Outcast Bandcome from Stroud, and also regularly headline the Stroud Fringe Festival.[79]

Sport

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Stroud Rugby Club, founded in 1873, plays in the Western Counties North league. Their home ground is Fromehall Park, near the town centre.[citation needed]

Stroud Cricket Club is over 150 years old and plays its home games at Farmhill. The club has three senior teams, with the first eleven playing its cricket in the South West Premier league.[citation needed]

Since 1982 Stroud Athletic Club has organised an annualhalf marathonwhich takes place in October. Nearly 2,500 runners, from all over the country, entered in 2007. Members of the club include the UK number oneOlympic MarathonrunnerDan Robinson.[citation needed]

Stroud Swimming Club was officially formed in 1978, but can trace its origins back to 1905 when it was known as Stroud Swimming and Water Polo Club. In 2006 and 2007 club members made up two-thirds of the County team that finished in silver and bronze places respectively in the National Open Water Championships.[80]

Stroud Hockey Club was founded in 1928 and has produced some top-class hockey players includingSimon Mason.The club has three men's teams, three women's teams and a boys Badgers and a girls Vixens team, and under 8s, 10s and 12s for rising club stars. The club's home ground is at Stratford Park Leisure Centre, with training on Tuesday evenings during the season.

Forest Green Roversis the nearest professional football club and play inNational League.Their home ground is inNailsworth,around 3.5 miles away. A lot of supporters live and come from Stroud and it is owned byDale Vincewho also ownsEcotricity.[81]

TheStroud and District Football Leagueis a local football competition for clubs in the area. The league was established in 1902 and is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA. It has a total of six divisions with the highest, Division One, sitting at level 14 of the English football league system. It is a feeder to the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League (GNSL) along with The North Gloucestershire League and The Cheltenham League.[citation needed]

Politics and media

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Labour's Dr Simon Opher unseated Conservative Siobhan Baillie in the 2024 general election.Siobhan Baillie[82]was theMember of Parliament(MP) forStroud,having beaten ex-Labour MP,David Drew,at the2019 general election.[83]Drew had previously represented the constituency from 1997 until 2010, when ConservativeNeil Carmichaelwas elected, and from 2017 to 2019.

In March 2008, a community radio station,Stroud FM,was launched, broadcasting 24 hours a day on 107.9FM. The station, staffed by volunteers and funded by donations, focussed on local news and music, as well as national and international music, but closed in February 2014 due to a lack of funds. BothBBC Radio GloucestershireandHeart Westhave dedicated FM and DAB transmitters serving the town.

Local TV coverage is provided byBBC WestandITV West Country.

There are now three local newspapers covering the town: the weeklyGloucester Citizen,now calledStroud Citizento replaceStroud Life,published by Gloucestershire Media (part of the Northcliffe Group); theStroud News & Journal,published by Newsquest Media (Southern) Limited, part of the American Gannett Company andStroud Timesa hyper-local independent publication that launched online in March 2021 and in print the following year.

Stroud Lifelaunched in 2008 and closed in October 2017. Most of its distribution was free direct to homes, but a significant share (about one-third) was sold through the news trade.[84]

TheStroud News and Journalwas formed by a merger in 1959 of theStroud Journal(which started in 1854 as a Liberal-supporting newspaper) and theStroud News(which started in 1867 and generally supported Conservative and Unionist interests).

Stroud Timeswas launched as an online-only venture in 2021 byAsh Loveridge,Carl HewlettandMatt Bigwoodall of whom formerly worked at TheStroud News and Journal.[85]

Recognition

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In a March 2021 guide,The Sunday Timesnamed Stroud the best place to live in the UK. The newspaper praised the town's green spaces and independent spirit, as well as the quality of Stroud's schools.[86]

Notable people

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Activists

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Actors

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Artists

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Authors

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Engineering and manufacturing

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  • Edwin Beard Budding(1795–1846), inventor of the lawnmower and adjustable spanner, born and died in Stroud[106]
  • Arnold Redler(1875–1958), founder of the conveying company Redler Limited in Stroud in 1920 and inventor of the en-masse conveyor[107]
  • Lyndon Smith(born 1964), academic, born in Stroud.[108]

Historians

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Musicians

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Scientists

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Plaque toJohn Cantonon the Old Town Hall in the Shambles

Sportsmen and women

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Others

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Twin towns

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Stroud istwinnedwith:

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