Kingswood
Village
The Chipping, Kingswood
Kingswood Location within Gloucestershire
Population	1,395 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	ST746920
District	Stroud
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE
Postcode district	GL12
Dialling code	01453
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	The Cotswolds
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°37′34″N 2°21′59″W / 51.626226°N 2.366255°W / 51.626226; -2.366255

Kingswood is a town and civil parish within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. It is southwest of Wotton-under-Edge and has a population of 1,290,^[1] increasing to 1,395 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

The village is located on the edge of the Cotswolds.

Kingswood was formerly a detached part of Wiltshire that was incorporated into Gloucestershire by the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844.^[3]

Kingswood Abbey was a Cistercian abbey on the northeast edge of the village. The abbey was founded in 1139 by William Berkeley, in accordance with the wishes of his uncle, Roger II of Berkeley, and colonised from the Cistercian house at Tintern.^[4] All that survives today is the 16th-century gatehouse, which is under the care of English Heritage.

Amenities

The village includes a pub, shop and gym which primarily serves the nearby town of Wotton.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward starts in west at Kingswood and stretches east to Alderley. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 2,096.^[5]