Ruspidge is a village in the Forest of Dean district of west Gloucestershire, England. The civil parish includes Soudley
Ruspidge | |
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Location within Gloucestershire | |
Population | 2,472 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | SO652119 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Cinderford |
Postcode district | GL14 |
Police | Gloucestershire |
Fire | Gloucestershire |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
It is located near the town of Cinderford and in the Forest of Dean. There is one public house called the New Inn.
There is one village shop on the main street (Ruspidge Road), a park and football pitch, as well as a chapel, lying on Railway Road. It is named such because the Ruspidge Halt railway station was situated at the end before its closure in 1958.
Its grid reference is SO 655 125 GB.
References
edit- ^ "Civil parish population 2011". Retrieved 27 March 2015.
External links
editMedia related to Ruspidge at Wikimedia Commons
- Ruspidge & Soudley Parish Council website; available soon
- photos of Ruspidge and surrounding area on geograph