Eastington, Stroud

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Eastington
Location within Gloucestershire
Population2,439 (2021 Census) [1]
OS grid reference SO774053
Civil parish
  • Eastington
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town STONEHOUSE
Postcode district GL10
Dialling code 01453
Police Gloucestershire
Fire Gloucestershire
Ambulance South Western
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51°44′46″N2°19′34″W / 51.746°N 2.326°W / 51.746; -2.326

Eastington is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It lies 4 miles west of Stroud and 9 miles south of Gloucester at the entrance to the Stroud Valley. It is west of the town of Stonehouse and south of Junction 13 of the M5 motorway and the A38 and A419 roads. Since the M5 and its access roads were opened, the main road no longer runs through the village.

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Eastington parish includes farms and former mills. The village contains retail outlets including a Co-op incorporating a post office, a butchers, two pubs, one hairdresser, and a garage. At nearby Claypits there is a farm shop and a coach company. There is a community centre with sports field, and a village hall. The local primary school provides for about 140 pupils, and is situated adjacent to the Church of England St Michael and All Angel's at Churchend. There is also the independent evangelical Church of Christ the King.

The nature reserve of Five Acre Grove lies east of the parish in Leonard Stanley, and is designated a Key Wildlife Site (KWS). [2]

The village is part of 'Eastington and Standish' electoral ward, which starts in the south-west at Eastington and follows the M5 motorway north-eastwards to Standish. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 1,794. [3]

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References

  1. "EASTINGTON". City population. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. Cotswold District Local Plan, Appendix 2, Key Wildlife Sites Archived 13 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Eastington and Standish ward 2011" . Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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