Slad

Slad
The village with Holy Trinity Church visible
Slad is located in Gloucestershire
Slad
Slad
Location within Gloucestershire
Population388 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSO873076
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Gloucestershire
51°46′00″N 2°11′00″W / 51.766667°N 2.183333°W / 51.766667; -2.183333
The Woolpack public house, 2004

Slad is a village in Gloucestershire, England, in the Slad Valley about 2 miles (3 km) from Stroud on the B4070 road from Stroud to Birdlip.

Slad was the home of Laurie Lee, whose novel Cider with Rosie (1959) is a description of growing up in the village from his arrival at the age of three in 1917.