yestroud likes to celebrate everything local — it was one of the many reasons that the old-fashioned, new-age Cotswold town was named the overall Best Place to Live winner in 2021. A few locals might have treated themselves to a Plant Power vegan pizza (£11) with a pint of Big Cat stout — all organic and “very Stroud” at the Stroud Brewery Taproom — others liked to point out the fact that Extinction Rebellion was founded here as grounds for disqualification.
As a mill town in the Cotswolds, Stroud means different things to different people. For some, it’s Barbours and bridles, muddy wellies and yomps on the commons with the labradors; for others it’s mung beans and beans, changing the world one sustainable soya