Ruspidge Explained

Official Name:Ruspidge
Country:England
Region:South West England
Static Image Name:Telephone Kiosk, Ruspidge Road, Forests of Dean - geograph.org.uk - 1039067.jpg
Population:2,472
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Os Grid Reference:SO652119
Coordinates:51.8054°N -2.5052°W
Post Town:Cinderford
Postcode Area:GL
Postcode District:GL14
Constituency Westminster:Forest of Dean
Civil Parish:Ruspidge and Soudley
Shire District:Forest of Dean
Shire County:Gloucestershire

Ruspidge is a village in the Forest of Dean district of west Gloucestershire, England. The civil parish includes Soudley

It is located near the town of Cinderford and in the Forest of Dean. There is one public house called the New Inn.

There is one village shop on the main street (Ruspidge Road), a park and football pitch, as well as a chapel, lying on Railway Road. It is named such because the Ruspidge Halt railway station was situated at the end before its closure in 1958.

Its grid reference is SO 655 125 GB.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil parish population 2011. 27 March 2015.