Saul, Gloucestershire

Saul, Gloucestershire

Saul is a village in Gloucestershire, England. at the site of the junction of the Stroudwater Navigation and the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.

Deep in the heart of the Cotswolds the village is renowned for its surrounding countryside and fine walks. Situated off the main A436 Stow-on-the-Wold road it is an isolated community, with the village post office being the main source of shopping and communication.

Saul was immortalised by a John Adhoc poem which was first published in 1917. The railway station closed in 1963, however the local bus shelter contains a bench which was originally on the platform. A plaque on the bench quotes Adhoc’s original poem which describes an uneventful journey Adhoc took on 21 July 1916 on an Oxford to Worcester express. He did not alight from the train but his poem has immortalised the village throughout the English-speaking world ever since.

William John Westwood, the 36th Anglican Bishop of Peterborough was born in Saul.

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