Highnam is a village and
civil parish on the outskirts of the city of
Gloucester. It is three miles northwest of the city on the
A40, on its way to
Ross, west of
Alney Island and
Over Bridge. The parish includes the villages of
Lassington and
Over. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 2,014, reducing to 1,916 at the 2011 census.