Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West
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| Place | Ruspidge |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Forest of Dean |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.805840 |
| Longitude | -2.507241 |
| Place Type | Village |
Ruspidge holds the quiet, stubborn character of the Forest of Dean, where the incline of the earth dictates the pace of daily movement. It lies 1.3 miles south-south-west of Cinderford (from Cinderford: bearing 195°T, OS grid SO 651 120), and is situated north-north-west of Upper Soudley village. The landscape here is defined by the persistent presence of coal-seam history, where the ghosts of former industry linger in the rugged, uneven terrain. To the west, the waters of Meerbrook Ditch trace a path through the undergrowth, their movement a constant, low-frequency hum against the silence of the woods. Further south, the slopes of Sleeper’s Hill rise with a formidable, brooding grace, catching the late afternoon light in a way that turns the bracken to copper. Ruspidge remains a place of deep, tangled roots and narrow lanes that seem to remember the heavy tread of miners from a previous century. The air carries a sharp, metallic clarity, often scented by the damp moss and fractured stone of the surrounding inclosures. Here, the boundary between the work of human hands and the encroaching wild feels thin, marked by the weathered remnants of old railway lines and forgotten stone walls.
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Explore Ruspidge, 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: 51.805840, -2.507241. 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. |