Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Stroud · Region: South West
Explore Slad, Gloucestershire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Slad 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 | Slad |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Stroud |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.766518 |
| Longitude | -2.185131 |
| Place Type | Village |
Slad occupies the steep, limestone folds of a Gloucestershire valley, defined by the narrow ribbon of the Slad Brook that cuts through the base of the combe. It lies 1.4 miles south-south-east of Painswick (from Painswick: bearing 163°T, OS grid SO 873 075), and is situated south-south-west of Longridge village. The landscape here rises sharply towards the limestone grassland of Juniper Hill, where the thin soil supports a fragile, ancient flora that has persisted for centuries. This terrain is inseparable from the work of Laurie Lee, whose prose immortalised the particular quality of the light as it catches the high, open slopes of the valley. Slad retains a quiet, secluded character, its stone cottages clinging to the hillsides in defiance of the gravity that pulls towards the water below. Throughout the seasons, the air carries the scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, reflecting the rhythm of a place where the human presence feels like a light, temporary layering upon the heavy, ancient geology. Visitors often find that Slad does not yield its secrets easily, preferring to reveal them through the slow, arduous process of walking its winding, high-hedged lanes. The architecture of the parish church serves as a grounding anchor, looking out over a geography that remains fundamentally unhurried and starkly beautiful.
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Explore Slad, 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: 51.766518, -2.185131. 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. |