Slad

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Coordinates: 51°46′00″N 2°11′00″W / 51.766667°N 2.183333°W / 51.766667; -2.183333
Slad

Holy Trinity Church, Slad
Slad

 Slad shown within Gloucestershire
OS grid reference SO873076
Civil parish Painswick
District Stroud
Shire county Gloucestershire
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance Great Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Stroud
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Slad is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire. The village is located in the Slad Valley, about 2 miles (3 km) from the town of Stroud and in the Cotswold Hills. It is built principally on the B4070 road from Stroud to Birdlip.

Slad is famous for being the home (and final resting place) of Laurie Lee, who based his book Cider with Rosie on his own life in the village.

The Slad Brook runs along the bottom of the valley. There is a small parish church in the village, and a small traditional pub, the Woolpack.

Government

For the purposes of local government, Slad is within the civil parish of Painswick, the district of Stroud and the county of Gloucestershire.[1]

For parliamentary purposes, Slad is within the UK constituency of Stroud and the European constituency of South West England.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2013-08-12. 

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