Stone
Cottage and Stone Church
Stone Location within Gloucestershire
Area	0.2850 km2 (0.1100 sq mi)
Population	527 (2019 esitimate)
• Density	1,849/km2 (4,790/sq mi)
OS grid reference	ST684953
Civil parish	Ham and Stone
District	Stroud
Shire county	Gloucestershire
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Berkeley
Postcode district	GL13
Police	Gloucestershire
Fire	Gloucestershire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Stroud
List of places UK England Gloucestershire 51°39′22″N 2°27′29″W / 51.656°N 2.458°W / 51.656; -2.458

Stone is a small village in the parish of Ham and Stone,^[1] Gloucestershire, England. It stands on the A38 road, just south-west of its crossing of the Little Avon River, roughly halfway between Bristol and Gloucester at grid reference ST684953. It is adjacent to the county boundary with South Gloucestershire. The part of the community just north-east of the river is called Woodford. In 2019 it had an estimated population of 527.^[2]

The village of Stone has a church, a village green, a Church of England primary school and a village hall. The village also had a pub, the Berkeley Vale Hotel, but this was closed in 2013 and has been redeveloped.^[3]

The village has many links with the town of Berkeley, some 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) to the north. Also to the north lies the village of Newport.

Governance

The village is part of 'Vale' electoral ward. This ward stretches from Stone north easterly on the line of the M5 motorway to Stinchcombe. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 1,879.^[4]