Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West
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| Place | Upper Soudley |
| Traditional County | Gloucestershire |
| District / Borough | Forest of Dean |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 51.792197 |
| Longitude | -2.497707 |
| Place Type | Village |
Upper Soudley emerges from the verdant folds of the Forest of Dean, where the land rises in quiet contention with the sky. It lies 2.2 miles south of Cinderford (from Cinderford: bearing 178°T, OS grid SO 657 105), and is situated north-north-west of Ayleford village. The light here filters through the canopy in thin, pale shafts, illuminating the path where Soudley Brook carves a persistent, silver groove into the earth. Industrious echoes of the past remain in the nearby Buckshraft Mine and Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel, where the silence of the stone now keeps the secrets of a vanished extraction trade. Upper Soudley maintains a watchful stillness, observing the slow, seasonal migration of shadows across the slope of Sleeper's Hill. Residents walk paths that have hardened over generations, their footing sure amidst the damp, iron-rich soil that defines this corner of Gloucestershire. The air carries a sharp, clean scent of pine and wet slate, marking the transition between the dense timber stands and the open, rolling pasture. Everything in this geography feels deliberate, from the sudden drop of the valley floor to the way the evening mist clings to the trees like a soft, grey wool.
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Explore Upper Soudley, 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: 51.792197, -2.497707. 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. |