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Uplands, Stroud — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Uplands is a district of Stroud, where Stratford Park and the Museum in The Park sit among stone houses, old mills and parish churches.
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Where to stay in Uplands
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Uplands is short on hotel beds. Slad Road runs through the district with Brook House and other listed frontages along it, so a stay on that side keeps Lansdown Hall and the Stroud shops within an easy walk. Stratford Park suits the other kind of visit.
If you prefer quiet, the lanes toward Hawkwood College and Callowell run to gardens and hedges rather than shopfronts, and the walk down into Stroud costs only a few minutes more.
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Slad Road
The through route past Brook House and Lansdown Hall, keeping the Stroud shops and the district's churches within an easy walk of the door. Lodging is scarce in this area; reserve in advance.Find hotels in Slad Roadvisits built around the Museum in The ParkStratford Park
Parkland at the edge of Uplands with the Stroud District Museum Service inside it, giving grass rather than pavement between the gates. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in Stratford Parkgarden lanes toward CallowellHawkwood College
Hedged lanes running away from Slad Road past Hawkwood College, where the addresses are private houses and rooms of any kind are scarce. Rooms are few around here — worth securing early.Find hotels in Hawkwood CollegeHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Stroud
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Museums & Galleries
1- Stratford Park Heritage
Churches & Religious Sites
7- Church of All Saints Heritage
- Church of St Laurence Heritage
- Congregational Church Heritage
- Church of Saint Alban Heritage
- Church of the Immaculate Conception Heritage
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- Holy Trinity Church Heritage
- Stroud Spiritualist Church Heritage
Landmarks & Notable Places
8- 2 Callowell Heritage
- 8 Callowell Heritage
- Brook House, 36 Slad Road Heritage
- Frome House Heritage
- Grove House Heritage
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- Hawkwood College Heritage
- Hazel Mill Heritage
- Hillside House Heritage
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About Uplands
What are the main landmarks in Uplands?
Uplands counts seven churches. Holy Trinity Church, the Church of All Saints, the Church of St Laurence and the Church of the Immaculate Conception stand within the district, joined by the Congregational Church, the Stroud Spiritualist Church and the Church of Saint Alban. Stratford Park opens beyond them.
Inside it the Museum in The Park carries the Stroud District Museum Service, while Lansdown Hall keeps its place among the streets and Hawkwood College stands apart in its own grounds.
What is the history of Uplands?
Two mill names survive here. Rock Mill House and Hazel Mill carry the water-driven work that once ran through this part of Stroud, and the larger houses of the district, Frome House, Melbourne House, Nelson House, line the streets that grew around that trade. Callowell is listed twice over.
Numbers 2 and 8 stand there, while Grove House, Walcourt House and Slade House hold older addresses and Hawkwood College keeps its grounds whole.
Where is Uplands?
Uplands is one of the districts of Stroud, its streets gathered around Slad Road, with Stratford Park and the mill ground at Hazel Mill close by.
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What is the best area to stay in Uplands?
Slad Road: stays beside the Slad Road frontages. Stratford Park: visits built around the Museum in The Park. Hawkwood College: garden lanes toward Callowell.
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Updated October 2026