Eastington, Stroud
Community
Eastington parish includes farms and former mills. The village contains retail outlets including a Co-op incorporating a post office, a butchers, two pubs, one hairdresser, and a garage. At nearby Claypits there is a farm shop and a coach company. There is a community centre with sports field, and a village hall. The local primary school provides for about 140 pupils, and is situated adjacent to the Church of England St Michael and All Angel's at Churchend. There is also the independent evangelical Church of Christ the King.
The nature reserve of Five Acre Grove lies east of the parish in Leonard Stanley, and is designated a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).
The village is part of 'Eastington and Standish' electoral ward, which starts in the south-west at Eastington and follows the M5 motorway north-eastwards to Standish. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 1,794.