Cranham, Gloucestershire

for Cranham in London see Cranham

Cranham is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire.

Forming part of the district of Stroud it is to be found a mile or so east of the A46 road between Stroud and Cheltenham. The Cotswold Way long distance footpath also runs nearby.

Composer Gustav Holst lived in Cranham for a while, and it was there, in the house now called 'Midwinter Cottage' that he wrote what is probably the best known tune for the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter by Christina Rossetti. The tune is called Cranham.

A Ham class minesweeper, HMS Cranham, was named after the village.