Rudford is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, now in the parish of

Rudford and Highleadon Rudford and Highleadon is a civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, made up of Rudford and Highleadon. It is in the Forest of Dean District Forest of Dean is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in west Gloucestershir ...

, in the

Forest of Dean The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the Counties of England, county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangle, triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and no ...

district, in the county of

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire ...

, England. It is located approximately north-west of

Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West England, South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean ...

and south-east of

Newent Newent (; originally called "Noent") is a market town and civil parish in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. The town is north-west of Gloucester. Its population was 5,073 at the 2001 census, rising to 5,207 in 2011, The population ...

. The local church is dedicated to St Mary. In 1931 the parish had a population of 114.

History

On 1 April 1935 the parish of Highleadon was merged with Rudford, on 16 September 1976 the parish was renamed "Rudford & Highleadon".

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Villages in Gloucestershire Former civil parishes in Gloucestershire Forest of Dean {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub