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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| Place | Ruscombe |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Stroud |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.759584 |
| Longitude | -2.240840 |
| Place Type | Village |
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.
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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 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. |