Stroud and the Five Valleys are well known – but which are the five valleys?
P H Fisher in Notes and Recollections of Stroud (1871), says they are:
The vales of
- Cuckold’s brook (Ruscombe brook joins the Frome at Dudbridge)
- Painswick (Painswick Stream joins the Frome at Lodgemore)
- Slad and Steanbridge (Slad Brook joins the Frome at Wallbridge)
- Stroud and Chalford – River Frome
- Rodborough, Woodchester and Nailsworth (Nailsworth Stream joins the Frome at Dudbridge)
These are separated by the hills of
- Whiteshill; Wickeridge Hill; Stroud Hill; Rodborough Hill
The Frome rises at Climperwell, Brimsfield; after about 14 miles it reaches Stroud; then flows via the Vale of Stonehouse and after 8 miles it falls into the River Severn at Framilode