Ruspidge

Summary

Ruspidge is a village in the Forest of Dean district of west Gloucestershire, England. The civil parish includes Soudley

Ruspidge
Ruspidge is located in Gloucestershire
Ruspidge
Ruspidge
Location within Gloucestershire
Population2,472 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSO652119
Civil parish
  • Ruspidge and Soudley
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCinderford
Postcode districtGL14
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51°48′19″N 2°30′19″W / 51.8054°N 2.5052°W / 51.8054; -2.5052

It is located near the town of Cinderford and in the Forest of Dean. There is one public house called the New Inn.

There is one village shop on the main street (Ruspidge Road), a park and football pitch, as well as a chapel, lying on Railway Road. It is named such because the Ruspidge Halt railway station was situated at the end before its closure in 1958.

Its grid reference is SO 655 125 GB.

References edit

  1. ^ "Civil parish population 2011". Retrieved 27 March 2015.

External links edit

  Media related to Ruspidge at Wikimedia Commons

  • Ruspidge & Soudley Parish Council website; available soon
  • photos of Ruspidge and surrounding area on geograph