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Ruscombe Gloucestershire Map

Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Stroud · Region: South West

Explore Ruscombe, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ruscombe 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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PlaceRuscombe
Traditional CountyGloucestershire
District / BoroughStroud
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude51.759584
Longitude-2.240840
Place TypeVillage

About Ruscombe

Ruscombe occupies a limestone shelf that tilts toward the Severn Vale, catching the morning sun before it reaches the deeper valleys below. It lies 1.4 miles north-west of Stroud (from Stroud: bearing 315°T, OS grid SO 834 067), and is situated east of Randwick village. The local stone cottages of Ruscombe appear to have grown directly from the hillside, their heavy gables weathering the sharp winds that sweep across the nearby crest of Primrose Hill. Beyond the domestic gardens, the land rises into the ancient, silent earthworks of the Randwick Hill Long Barrow, a reminder of the generations who first watched the shadows lengthen over these slopes. The light here has a crystalline quality, often sharpening the edges of the drystone walls until they look like drawn lines upon the grass. Below the ridge, the quiet waters of The Mayor's Pool mirror the changing colours of the sky, providing a rare stillness in an otherwise rugged incline. Ruscombe maintains a quiet independence, detached from the industrial hum of the valley floor, yet remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the seasons. Each winter, the frost clings longer to the northern faces of the fields, turning the landscape into a study of silver and grey.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Primrose Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.1 mi, 043° NE
  • Ocker Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.2 mi, 303° WNW
  • The Mayor's Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.4 mi, 251° WSW
  • Randwick Hill Long Barrow, Round Barrows And Dyke (Scheduled Monument) — 0.4 mi, 285° WNW · 1 ha
  • Standish Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 0.5 mi, 330° NNW
  • Stratford Park (Park) — 1.0 mi, 129° SE
  • Stratford Park Model Railway (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 128° SE
  • The Museum in the Park (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 133° SE
  • Dyke Camp (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 003° N
  • Haresfield Topograph (Viewpoint) — 1.1 mi, 338° NNW
  • The Lake at the Lawn (Park) — 1.2 mi, 172° S
  • Ruscombe Brook (River) — 1.2 mi, 171° S
  • Stroudwater Canal (River) — 1.2 mi, 171° S
  • Mill Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 155° SSE
  • We Have a Dream (Public Artwork) — 1.3 mi, 146° SE
  • Haresfield Hill Camp And Ring Hill Earthworks (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 343° NNW · 22 ha
  • Stroud Subscription Rooms (Attraction) — 1.4 mi, 135° SE
  • Haresfield Beacon Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.5 mi, 325° NW
  • Edge Common Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.7 mi, 030° NNE · 21 ha
  • Cromwell's Stone (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 349° N
  • The Rock (Viewpoint) — 1.7 mi, 239° WSW
  • Cotswold Playhouse (Theatre) — 1.7 mi, 126° SE
  • Painswick Valley (Valley) — 1.9 mi, 054° NE
  • St Mary'S, Painswick (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.7 mi, 049° NE · 1 ha
  • Painswick House (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 2.9 mi, 040° NE · 24 ha
  • Stanley Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.2 mi, 201° SSW
  • Toadsmoor Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.4 mi, 119° ESE
  • Lypiatt Cross (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 091° E
  • Lypiatt Park (Historic Park or Garden (Grade II*)) — 3.6 mi, 104° ESE · 122 ha
  • Cotswold Commons And Beechwoods (National Nature Reserve) — 3.9 mi, 046° NE · 413 ha

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About This Ruscombe Map Page

Explore Ruscombe, 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: 51.759584, -2.240840. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.