The name Rudgeway refers to a local section of Roman road known as the Ridge Way or Rudge Way which ran through it on the path now followed by the A38.

[2] Rudgeway is located in the parish of Alveston and is spread out along the upper edge of the escarpment above the Severn floodplain on the A38 road.

Formerly known as Alveston Manor, it was originally built as a house for the Veel family in the late 16th century and features their coat of arms above the front door along with the year 1634.

[13] There is one pub in Rudgeway, The Masons Arms, which lies at the northern edge of the village on the A38 Gloucester Road.

[16] The village is split across two UK census Output Areas (numbered E00075103 and E00075104 by the Office for National Statistics) which combined were estimated to have a population of 593 in 2015.