Painswick

Painswick
Painswick from Longridge
Painswick is located in Gloucestershire
Painswick
Painswick
Location within Gloucestershire
Population3,026 [1]
OS grid referenceSO866098
Civil parish
  • Painswick
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStroud
Postcode districtGL6
Dialling code01452
PoliceGloucestershire
FireGloucestershire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
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51°47′10″N 2°11′38″W / 51.786°N 2.194°W / 51.786; -2.194

Painswick is a town and civil parish in the Stroud District in Gloucestershire, England. Originally the town grew from the wool trade, but it is now best known for its parish church's yew trees and the local Rococo Garden. The village is mainly constructed of locally quarried Cotswold stone. Many of the buildings feature south-facing attic rooms once used as weavers' workshops.

Painswick stands on a hill overlooking one of the Five Valleys, between Stroud and Gloucester. It has narrow streets and traditional architecture.

It has a cricket and rugby team and there is a golf course on the outskirts of the town. Painswick Beacon is in the nearby hills.

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 March 2015.