Traditional county: Gloucestershire · Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire · Region: South West
Explore Gillingstool, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gillingstool map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Place | Gillingstool |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| Unitary Authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.607109 |
| Longitude | -2.519202 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Gillingstool traces the quiet, unassuming rise of the land as it drifts away from the sharper focus of the neighbouring market centre. It lies 0.3 miles east-south-east of Thornbury (from Thornbury: bearing 119°T, OS grid ST 641 899). The light here catches on the low-slung stone walls and red brick, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the tarmac as the afternoon sun begins its slow retreat. Gillingstool serves as a pragmatic threshold, where the orderly rows of houses yield to the wider, open fields that define the Gloucestershire edge. A short walk west brings one to the cultural heart of the wider parish, where the modest halls and the displays at the Thornbury and District Museum offer a curated memory of the local trade and industry. Beyond the immediate footpaths, the grand, crenellated outline of Thornbury Castle looms in the distance, its historic parkland acting as a silent, heavy anchor to the landscape. The soil here feels dense and clay-heavy, a reminder of the agricultural rhythms that long preceded the current suburban sprawl. Even now, the air carries a crisp, unadorned clarity that distinguishes the open spaces of the Severn Vale from the denser, sheltered valleys further inland.
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Explore Gillingstool, Gloucestershire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.607109, -2.519202. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |