Frocester
Frocester is a village and civil parish in Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England. It lies below the Cotswold escarpment, 10 miles south of Gloucester and 4 miles west of Stroud.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Symon Parsley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 157 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Frocester, Gloucestershire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Andrew and Nympsfield Long Barrow.
Nympsfield Long Barrow
Archaeological site
Photo: Neil Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Nympsfield Long Barrow is the remains of a Neolithic burial site or barrow, located close to the village of Nympsfield in Gloucestershire, South West England.
Coaley Peak
Peak
Coaley Peak is a picnic site and viewpoint in the English county of Gloucestershire. Located about 4 miles south-west of the town of Stroud overlooking the village of Coaley, Coaley Peak offers 12 acres of reclaimed farmland with views over the Severn Vale and the Forest of Dean.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alkerton and Stonehouse.
Alkerton
Hamlet
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alkerton was a village in Gloucestershire, England. It was located along the M5 motorway just east of the River Severn. It was part of the parish of Eastington, and adjoined the village of Eastington at Eastington Cross. Alkerton is situated 1½ miles northwest of Frocester.
Stonehouse
Town
Photo: Jongleur100, Public domain.
Stroud is at the heart of the Five Valleys in the Cotswolds. It is in Gloucestershire, England. 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. Stonehouse is situated 2 miles northeast of Frocester.
Cambridge
Village
Cambridge is a hamlet in the district of Stroud, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the A38 road between Bristol and Gloucester. It is about 3 miles from Dursley and about 11 miles from Gloucester. Cambridge is situated 2½ miles west of Frocester.
Frocester
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Frocester, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.72706° or 51° 43′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.31258° or 2° 18′ 45″ westPopulation
157Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9C3VPMGP+RXOpenStreetMap ID
node 60017274OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2649032Wikidata ID
Q666250
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