Painswick

Painswick
Painswick from Longridge
Painswick Location within Gloucestershire
Population	3,026 [1]
OS grid reference	SO866098
Civil parish	Painswick
District	Stroud
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stroud
Postcode district	GL6
Dialling code	01452
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Cotswolds
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 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.