Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West
Explore Joy's Green, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Joy's Green 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.
| Place | Joy's Green |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Forest of Dean |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.844432 |
| Longitude | -2.577003 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Joy's Green offers a quiet corner of the Forest of Dean, where ancient woodlands begin to thin. It lies 5.8 km west-north-west of Cinderford (from Cinderford: bearing 293°T, OS grid SO 603 163), and is situated south-west of Ruardean village. Here, the land rises gently, hinting at the undulating terrain that defines this part of Gloucestershire. The air often carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a subtle perfume from the surrounding trees that seem to hold their breath in the afternoon sun. A scattering of houses, some with gardens that spill over with hardy perennials, marks the heart of Joy's Green. The light, when it breaks through the canopy, paints shifting patterns on the worn surfaces of country lanes, a quiet beauty that asks for little attention.
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Explore Joy's Green, 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: 51.844432, -2.577003. 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 | June 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. |