 This ward starts in the north east at Moreton Valence then follows the M5 motorway south west to Slimbridge/.The total ward population at the 2011 census was 4,760.Situated in the horseshoe loop of the Severn, Arlingham has much in its favour as a site for settlement, so it quite possible that dwellings have existed on or near the present site for thousands of years, possibly as far back as the Stone Age, and evidence has been found in the area of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlers.