Stroud District Council

Frequently Asked Questions

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What are the names of the Five Valleys around Stroud?

Which valley make up the Famous Five is still debated by some to this day, but we adhere to Paul Hawkins Fisher's Notes & Recollections of Stroud published in 1871 in which they are listed as: - Cuckold's Brook; Painswick; Slad and Steanbridge; Stroud and Chalford; Rodborough, Woodchester and Nailsworth. (Cuckold, a corruption of Cotswold)


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