A territorial dominion occurs as somewhat arbitrary administrative creation, comprising a portion of the Cotswolds and an area of the flat, fertile vale of the River Severn. When a town of Stroud is by some way a largest in a area, these are in the extreme northerly of the territorial dominion & isolated from either the south by unfortunate communications through the circumferent hills. A southern part of the territory is served mostly by its have market towns, principal among which are then Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge.

A locality is rich around Iron Age and Roman remnants and is of particular interest to archaeologists for its Neolithic burial grounds, of which there are complete Hundred.

Good deal of the landscape therein locality is intended as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. A honored Cotswold Way walk leads through the area.