Cam, Gloucestershire
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Civil parish
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in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, England
England
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, situated in the Cotswolds
Cotswolds
The Cotswolds are a range of hills in west-central England, sometimes called the Heart of England, an area across and long. The area has been designated as the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...
. The Cotswold Way
Cotswold Way
The Cotswold Way is a long-distance footpath, running along the Cotswold Edge escarpment of the Cotswold Hills in England. It was officially inaugurated as a National Trail on 24 May 2007 and several new rights of way have been created.-History:...
runs less than a mile from the village. It has a boundary with the town of Dursley
Dursley
Dursley is a market town in Gloucestershire, England. It is under the North East flank of Stinchcombe Hill , and about 6 km South East of the River Severn. The town is adjacent with Cam which, though a village, is a community of double the size...
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Cam had approximately 8,500 residents in the 2001 census. In the May 2006 local elections, Cam East was held by the Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
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, while Cam West was taken by the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
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, having previously been a Labour
Labour Party (UK)
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stronghold, Labour regained Cam West in 2011.
Cam actually has a larger population than neighbouring Dursley, which is a town.
Facilities
The village has an identifiable centre, with several shops (including a pharmacy, a hardware store and funeral directors, a fish and chip shop, a takeaway, a beauty salon, a combined Post Office and card shop, a council shop, a few pubsPublic house
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, and a Tesco
Tesco
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supermarket
Supermarket
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clustered loosely around St Bartholemew's Church. There are more businesses, including another hardware store,a butchers and a pair of convenience stores scattered around the rest of the parish and a small industrial estate to the west of the village centre.
Cam supports three state sector primary schools located in the Woodfields, Hopton and Everlands districts of the village. The nearest mainstream secondary school is Rednock
Rednock School
Rednock School is a comprehensive school located in Dursley, Gloucestershire, England. It is a specialist science college which also contains a sixth form.-General Information:...
, just across the parish boundary in Dursley
Dursley
Dursley is a market town in Gloucestershire, England. It is under the North East flank of Stinchcombe Hill , and about 6 km South East of the River Severn. The town is adjacent with Cam which, though a village, is a community of double the size...
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