Townsend

Townsend is a locality in Dursley, Stroud District, England. Townsend is situated nearby to the town Dursley, as well as near the locality Highfields.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Priory and Dursley Town Hall.

The Priory

Building

Photo: Mertbiol, CC0.

The Priory is a building.

Dursley Town Hall, also known as Dursley Market Hall, is a municipal building in the Market Place, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England. The structure, which is mainly used for markets and community events, is a Grade II* listed building.

Church of St James

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodmancote and Shadwell.

Woodmancote

Hamlet

Photo: richard ellis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Woodmancote is a settlement which adjoins Dursley in Gloucestershire, England. St Mark's Church which is the locality closed for regular services in 2023. It is grade II listed building.

Shadwell

Hamlet

Uley is a village and civil parish in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Elcombe and Shadwell and Bencombe, all to the south of the village of Uley, and the hamlet of Crawley to the north. Shadwell is situated 1½ miles east of Townsend.

Uley Bury

Locality

Photo: Edward J. Burrow, Public domain.

Uley Bury is the long, flat-topped hill just outside Uley, Gloucestershire, England. It is an impressive multi-vallate, scarp-edge Iron Age hill fort dating from around 300 B.C. Standing some 750 feet above sea level it has views over the Severn Vale. Uley Bury is situated 1½ miles east of Townsend.

Townsend

Type: Locality
Location: Dursley, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.68296° or 51° 40′ 59″ north

Longitude

-2.3509° or 2° 21′ 3″ west

Elevation

197 feet (60 metres)

Open location code

9C3VMJMX+5J

GeoNames ID

13273113

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