Abbeydale and Abbeymead

It consists of loops and cul-de-sacs radiating from a central spine road, Heron Way, giving access to the rear of the houses where there are garages and hard-standings.

These homes were constructed by the Robert Hitchins and Glevum Estates building companies and are distinguished from Heron Park by their more conventional layout and different house designs.

This newer part of Abbeydale is separated from the older Heron Park by The Wheatridge - a lane of former farmworkers' cottages and larger country houses leading from Painswick Road (B4073).

Around 1983, plots of land at the top of The Wheatridge were sold for the construction of individually designed homes and a small housing development.

Smaller, piecemeal developments have continued to be added, turning Abbeymead into one of the more populous [citation needed] suburbs of the city.

Lobleys Drive is an important spine road off Abbeymead Avenue, leading, over the M5, into Coopers Edge and Gloucester Business Park.

By Abbeymead School is another pub, called The Turmut Hoer, and a small row of shops, a Tesco Express, hairdresser, Michael Tuck Estate and Letting Agents, Gloucester Grill, and The Polash Indian restaurant.

Among Abbeymead's many open spaces lies a skateboarding amenity, Clock Tower Park and, further away, a local nature reserve at Hucclecote Meadows, which has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

Large-scale residential development is in progress, however, at Brockworth, on the other side of the M5 motorway, linked from Abbeymead Avenue by Lobleys Drive.