Horsley

Horsley is a village and civil parish about one and a half miles south-west of the small Cotswold market town of . The origins of the name Horsley are much debated, although it is thought to be derived from the pre-7th-century Old English phrase, "horse-lega", meaning "place of horses".
Wikipedia
Photo: Sharon Loxton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 835 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Horsley, Gloucestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Martin and The New Lawn.

Church
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
, also known as The Bolt New Lawn for sponsorship reasons, is a football in , . It has been the home stadium of National League club Forest Green Rovers since 2006.

Forest
Photo: George Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 43.79-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in , notified in 1966. The site is listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 as a Key Wildlife Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barton End and Nailsworth.

Hamlet
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet just south of , , England.

Town
Photo: Maretinevans123, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stroud is at the heart of the Five Valleys in the . It is in , . There's many fine, beautiful and interesting things to see but it's not "pretty" in the way that similar sized towns in the Cotswolds or Gloucestershire are.

Village
Photo: Jongleur100, Public domain.
is a small village in , England. It is in the civil parish of , and is located 3 miles south of Stroud and 10 miles west of . is about 1 mile away and is about 1.5 miles away. is situated 2 miles northeast of Horsley.

Horsley

Latitude
51.68166° or 51° 40′ 54″ north
Longitude
-2.23471° or 2° 14′ 5″ west
Population
835
Elevation
371 feet (113 metres)
Open location code
9C3VMQJ8+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26953351
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2646554
Wiki­data ID
Q5906367
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Horsley” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Horsley”
  • Dutch: “Horsley, Gloucestershire”
  • French: “Horsley”
  • Irish: “Horsley”
  • Italian: “Horsley (Gloucestershire)”
  • Italian: “Horsley”
  • Ladin: “Horsley”
  • Persian: “هورسلی، گلاسترشر”
  • Polish: “Horsley (Gloucestershire)”
  • Polish: “Horsley”
  • Portuguese: “Horsley”
  • Spanish: “Horsley”
  • Swedish: “Horsley, Gloucestershire”
  • Swedish: “Horsley”
  • Turkish: “Horsley, Gloucestershire”
  • Urdu: “ہورسلے، گلوسٹر شائر”
  • Welsh: “Horsley, Swydd Gaerloyw”
  • Welsh: “Horsley”
  • “Horsley”

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Highlights include Horsley Church of England Primary School and Horsley Village Hall.

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