Falfield

Falfield
Falfield (village), looking north.
Falfield
Location within Gloucestershire
Population762 (2011)
OS grid referenceST 68344 93271
Civil parish
  • Falfield
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWotton-Under-Edge
Postcode districtGL12
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

Falfield is a village and civil parish in the Charfield ward of South Gloucestershire, near the boundary with Stroud District, and within the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire. The village is situated on the A38 Gloucester Road, immediately west of junction 14 of the M5 motorway. In Norman times, it formed part of the historical Bagstone Hundred of Gloucestershire and later the Thornbury Hundred.