Stroud

Built on steep slopes at the junction of five valleys, this busy market town has retained considerable character despite the industrialisation in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Stroud tourism is going strong and its surrounding area continues to thrive as a centre for artists and crafts people.
Book into a Stroud hotel and explore a place which can claim several uniquely British connections as the place where the Scarlet cloth for Guard's uniforms was made and also where much of the green baize for Snooker tables came from. At the height of its prosperity, Stroud, England housed at least 150 cloth mills in the valleys centred upon Stroud.