Rudgeway

Rudgeway

Rudgeway is a village in South Gloucestershire in south west England, located between Alveston and Almondsbury. The A38 trunk road runs through the village. A road junction on the A38 leads to Yate and the east of the county.

The petrol station in the village closed a few years ago (due to competition from garages in neighbouring villages) but there is still a restaurant near the old site, the Masons Arms.

The former Methodist chapel built in 1896 is a small gothic structure with a surpsingly correct gothic roof internally. The church survived with 6 members until 2001and has now been converted into a house.

South of Rudgeway a long straight section of the A38, known as the Mile Straight, heads towards Almondsbury.

The village was originally called Ridgeway, since it was spread out along the upper edge of the Severn Escarpment.

External references

* [http://www.southglos.gov.uk/ South Gloucestershire Council]
* [http://www.imgupload.net/out.php/i3133_Rudgeway.jpgAerial view of Rudgeway]
* [http://www.britishpubguide.com/cgi-bin/pubsearch.cgi?results:Gloucestershire:830 Masons Arms in the British Pub Guide]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • South Gloucestershire — is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire in South West England.The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon. The… …   Wikipedia

  • Charfield — Coordinates: 51°37′34″N 2°24′21″W / 51.62611°N 2.4058°W / 51.62611; 2.4058 …   Wikipedia

  • Chipping Sodbury — Coordinates: 51°32′17″N 2°23′38″W / 51.538°N 2.394°W / 51.538; 2.394 …   Wikipedia

  • Alveston — is a commuter village of roughly 3000 people [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ Neighbourhood Statistics] ] about a mile south of Thornbury, South Gloucestershire and approximately 13 miles north of Bristol, England. DescriptionAlveston is… …   Wikipedia

  • Morton, Gloucestershire — Coordinates: 51°36′58″N 2°30′58″W / 51.616°N 2.516°W / 51.616; 2.516 Morton, split into Upper and Lower Morton, ar …   Wikipedia

  • Oldbury-on-Severn — is a small village near the mouth of the River Severn in South Gloucestershire. It is home to the nearby Oldbury nuclear power station, a Magnox power station which opened in 1967 and is due to cease operation in 2011. The area has been… …   Wikipedia

  • Milbury Heath — is a hamlet in South Gloucestershire, located east of Thornbury. The hamlet has a garden centre and a few other farm shops. The heath is a local high point (109m asl at grid reference ST666902) and offers quite good views West across the Severn… …   Wikipedia

  • Cowhill, Gloucestershire — Coordinates: 51°37′16″N 2°34′12″W / 51.621°N 2.570°W / 51.621; 2.570 Cowhill is a small village south of O …   Wikipedia

  • Mangotsfield — Coordinates: 51°29′N 2°29′W / 51.48°N 2.49°W / 51.48; 2.49 …   Wikipedia

  • Coalpit Heath — Coordinates: 51°31′34″N 2°28′12″W / 51.526°N 2.47°W / 51.526; 2.47 …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”