51°44′35″N 2°12′58″W / 51.743°N 2.216°W / 51.743; -2.216 The Five Valleys are a group of valleys in Gloucestershire , England , which converge on the town of Stroud at the western edge of the Cotswolds . The Five Valleys are notable both for the landscape, which attracts visitors, and their role in industrial development of Britain starting with the wool trade in the 11th century, and developing through cloth manufacturing in the 18th century. Despite very poor roads, the use of the rivers and streams in developing links to other centres, via, for example the Thames and Severn Canal , helped the Five Valleys to prosper.
4-565: The valleys are as follows: The Five Valleys Walk is a popular circular walk of some 21 miles (34 kilometres) around Stroud. It has been held annually since 1987, in aid of the Stroud-based Meningitis Trust , usually on the last Sunday in September. A more exacting version of this walk has also been published, as the "Five Valleys Circuit"; this includes an ascent over the high ground of Selsley Common rather than
8-512: The United Kingdom . It was formed following a merger between the charities The Meningitis Trust and Meningitis UK in 2013. Meningitis Now is working towards a future where no one in the UK dies from meningitis and everyone affected gets the support they need. Meningitis Trust was a charity formed in the United Kingdom in 1986 to fight meningitis . Meningitis UK was originally called
12-573: The Spencer Dayman Meningitis Laboratories in memory of founder and chief executive Steve Dayman's son, who died of meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia in 1982, aged 14-months. It was established in 1999 to fund a £500,000 dedicated meningitis research laboratory in the School of Medical Sciences at University of Bristol . Once this project was completed, the charity decided to focus solely on funding research into
16-710: The charity walk's low-level route from Stonehouse to Nailsworth , up the old railway line by the Nailsworth Stream. The Five Valleys Shopping Centre in Stroud is named after the Five Valleys. Route of the Annual Five Valleys Walk This Gloucestershire location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Meningitis Trust Meningitis Now is a national charity based in
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