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[[Stinchcombe Hill]] provides a scenic backdrop to much of the town. It has an 18 hole golf course, said to be a favourite of the actor [[Hugh Grant]]. The Hill has had a great deal of work carried out by volunteers (SHV, led by John Smallwood), since 1992, in an attempt to restore the open views over the Severn Vale. The cleared areas can be seen from the M5 motorway. The [[Cotswold Way]] has now been re-routed around the Hill to take advantage of this work.
In the 19th and 20th centuries Dursley was a large-scale manufacturing town, and the engines built here by [[R A Lister and Company|Lister]] [[stationary engine]] company were seen around the world. That company's successor, [[Lister-Petter]], is still based in the town, though much of the original factory site is part of a large housing development. The Towers, a large gothic-style house, formerly part of the [[Lister Petter]] estate, still overlooks the town and is being converted into a residential care home<ref>http://www.southwestrda.org.uk/news/release.asp?releaseid=1458</ref>.
Historically, other large factories based in the down included Mawdsleys, an electrical equipment manufacturer, Bymacks an upholsterers and the Bailey Newspaper Group, a newspaper printer, all of which have reduced or closed operations in recent years.
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