Selsley Common
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| Selsley shown within Gloucestershire | |
| Civil parish | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Selsley Common
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| Area of Search | Gloucestershire |
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| Grid reference | SO829030 |
| Interest | Biological/Geological |
| Area | 39.4 hectare |
| Notification | 1966 |
| Natural England website | |
Selsley is a village within the civil parish of King's Stanley and district of Stroud, in Gloucestershire, England. It is composed of around 175 houses, scattered around the western and eastern edge of a Cotswold spur, located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Stroud. The village lacks a focused central business district and so is conventionally divided into Selsley West and Selsley East.
Stanley Park is the original manor house in Selsley West dating from the time of Elizabeth I. The house was rebuilt in the mid-18th century and then further remodelled when it was bought by Samuel Marling in 1849. In 1949, the house was sold by the Marling family and divided into flats.
Elsewhere in the village, most of the older housing dates from the 18th and 19th century, interspersed with 20th-century build.
Running through the village is Water Lane - a prehistoric track that winds its way to North Woodchester and thence to South Woodchester and on to Bath. In parts, its banks tower ten feet overhead, cloaked by hawthorn, blackthorn, ash and beech. Spring water rushes along the two sides of the lane where the geology changes. It runs parallel to a track continuing from Bell Lane and going past a cottage down over the brook and onto the Villiers estate in Woodchester.
The western scarp face falls hundreds of feet to the flat Severn Valley. Beyond the Forest lie the Black Mountains and beyond these the Brecon Beacons. Also located on the scarp is a Bronze Age barrow.
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