Standish

Standish is a small village and civil parish in the Stroud local government district in , England. The village is 5 kilometres north-west of , on the B4008 road to .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stonehouse railway station and Haresfield Beacon.

Railway station
serves the town of in , . The station is a stop on the Golden Valley Line between and ; it is located 104 miles 74 chains down the line from London Paddington.

Peak
is a 0.73-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in , notified in 1985. The site is listed in the ‘Stroud District’ Local Plan, adopted November 2005, Appendix 6 as an SSSI and a Regionally Important Geological Site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stroud and Stonehouse.

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.

Town
Photo: Jongleur100, Public domain.
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.

Suburb
is a civil parish on the southern edge of the city of . It almost entirely comprises a new build development being built on land formerly part of Colethrop Farm, but also includes the older area of Four Mile Elm on the Bristol Road and Bath Road. is situated 2½ miles north of Standish.

Standish

Latitude
51.7715° or 51° 46′ 17″ north
Longitude
-2.2737° or 2° 16′ 25″ west
Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)
Open location code
9C3VQPCG+HG
Geo­Names ID
7290792
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