Ruspidge is a village 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 of west

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, England. The civil parish includes

Soudley Soudley, including Upper Soudley, is a village to the west of Cinderford, in the civil parish of Ruspidge and Soudley, in the Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England. Soudley is a popular destination for tourists visiting the Forest ...

It is located near the town of

Cinderford Cinderford is a town and civil parish on the eastern fringe of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. The population was 8,777 at the 2021 Census. The town came into existence in the 19th century, following the rapid expansion of the ...

and in the

. There is one

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called the New Inn. There is one

village shop A general merchant store (also known as general merchandise store, general dealer, village shop, or country store) is a rural or small-town store that carries a general line of merchandise. It carries a broad selection of merchandise, someti ...

on the main street (Ruspidge Road), a park and

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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

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is SO 655 125 GB.

References

External links

Ruspidge & Soudley Parish Council website; available soonphotos of Ruspidge and surrounding area on geograph
Villages in Gloucestershire Forest of Dean {{Gloucestershire-geo-stub