Bussage is a village in

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, England in the district of Stroud. The village was made famous in the 1970s after a sighting of the actor Paul Newman, who was rumoured to be looking for a home in the area.

Geography

Helicopter outing over the village of Bussage

There is an older part to the village and a newer part. The village is situated close to the

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, between Brimscombe, Eastcombe and Chalford Hill, and near the River Frome. The newer part of Bussage is a complex estate of houses that used to be known as the Manor Farm Estate, after the original farm of the same name. The original farmhouse is still inhabited and can be found in the estate. This estate was constructed by a number of builders, the primary being Robert Hitchens Ltd. Not all of the estate is in the parish of Bussage, the most northerly section is in the parish of

Bisley-with-Lypiatt Bisley-with-Lypiatt is a civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. It had a population of 2350 in 2019. It includes Bisley, Lypiatt, Eastcombe and Oakridge. Parishes adjoining Bisley-with-Lypiatt are: Miserden to th ...

Kite aerial photo of Thomas Keble School

The parish church of Bussage is dedicated to St Michael & All Angels. This church was founded by

Thomas Keble Thomas Keble (25 October 1793, Fairford – 5 September 1875) was a Church of England clergyman, younger brother of John Keble. Keble was Vicar of Bisley, Gloucestershire from 1827 to 1873. He contributed four of the ''Tracts for the Times'', thre ...

(after whom the local secondary school was renamed) and was consecrated in October 1846. The village pub is the ''Ram Inn'' situated on The Ridge. Bussage has its own Church of England primary school. Other primary schools nearby include Eastcombe and Chalford Hill.

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at Eastcombe was known as Manor School until September 1990. There is also a small shopping centre which consists of a

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, a Boots pharmacy, Chinese takeaway and a doctor's surgery. Opposite the shopping centre there is a community centre, and a house that was formerly the local police station. To the south of the Manor Farm Estate is a small woodland, known as Frithwood. This wood, owned by Robert Hitchens Ltd., was subject to an attempt to be registered as a Town or

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in 2005. This was rejected by Gloucestershire Council in September of that year. Frithwood mentioned above is not to be confused with the Frith Wood Nature Reserve, located just outside

Painswick 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 ...

in Gloucestershire. Frithwood was put under a

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in 2013.

Geography

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