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The Subscription Rooms in Stroud, Gloucestershire

Stroud Stroud is a hilly town in Gloucestershire, well stocked with historic buildings form its heyday as a wool and weaving town. Stroud stands at the bottom of the western escarpment of the Cotswold Hills at the meeting point of the Five Valleys. The town is noted for its steep streets and café culture. The Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty surrounds the town, and the Cotswold Way path passes by it to the west. Stroud has a significant artistic community that dates back to the early part of the twentieth century. Jasper Conran called Stroud 'the Covent Garden of the Cotswolds'. (Read more)