Stroud District

51°44′53″N 2°12′58″W / 51.748°N 2.216°W / 51.748; -2.216

Stroud District
Non-metropolitan district
Stroud from the air
Stroud shown within Gloucestershire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South West England
Non-metropolitan county	Gloucestershire
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Stroud
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Stroud District Council
• MPs	Siobhan Baillie Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Area
• Total	177.9 sq mi (460.7 km2)
• Rank	82nd (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	123,205
• Rank	194th (of 296)
• Density	690/sq mi (270/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 96.4% White 1.8% Mixed 1% Asian 0.4% Black 0.4% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 47.5% Christianity 44.1% no religion 8.1% other 0.3% Islam
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	23UF (ONS) E07000082 (GSS)
OS grid reference	SO8508905550

Stroud District is a local government district in Gloucestershire, England. The district is named after its largest town of Stroud. The council is based at Ebley Mill in Cainscross. The district also includes the towns of Berkeley, Dursley, Nailsworth, Stonehouse and Wotton-under-Edge, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Over half of the district lies within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.^[2]

The neighbouring districts are Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Cotswold and South Gloucestershire.