Cam, Gloucestershire

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The view from Cam Peak, looking towards Cam Long Down
The view from Cam Peak, looking towards Cam Long Down
Cam from Peaked Down
Cam from Peaked Down

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Cam is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, situated in the picturesque Cotswolds (the Cotswold Way runs less than a mile from the village). It has a boundary with the town of Dursley.

Cam has approximately 8500 residents . In the May 2006 local elections, Cam East was held by the Conservative Party, while Cam West was taken by the Liberal Democrats, having previously been a Labour stronghold.

Cam has shops, including a hardware store and funeral directors, a beauty salon, a stationary and card shop, a council shop and a few pubs, and a Tesco supermarket.