Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West
Explore Rudford, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rudford 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 | Rudford |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Forest of Dean |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.891215 |
| Longitude | -2.325489 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Rudford, a quiet hamlet, rests within the verdant embrace of the Forest of Dean. It lies 6.2 km west-north-west of Gloucester (from Gloucester: bearing 299°T, OS grid SO 776 214), and is situated east-south-east of Tibberton village. The air here often carries the faint, earthy scent of damp woodland, a persistent reminder of the ancient forest that enfolds Rudford. A gentle rise in the land, subtly breaking the flat expanse towards Tibberton, gives Rudford a certain quiet dignity, as if it surveys the surrounding countryside with a calm, enduring gaze. Occasionally, the sun, filtering through the dense canopy of oak and beech, casts dappled patterns upon the few scattered cottages, lending them a transient, golden glow. Rudford’s very stillness seems to hum with the quiet industry of the surrounding agricultural lands, a place where time feels measured by the slow turning of seasons rather than the hurried tick of a clock.
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Explore Rudford, 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: 51.891215, -2.325489. 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. |