Campers joined police to search through the night for the missing boy, who was last seen at a campsite at Thistledown Farm in Nympsfield, near Stroud at around 7pm last night.
Police said a more extensive hunt was due to start as daylight breaks.
The boy, was last seen at the campsite around 7pm last night.
Campers have joined police to search through the night for the missing boy, who was on a family holiday.
Sergeant Ben Darcy said the search has been "difficult" in the dark but a more extensive hunt was due to start as daylight breaks.
The search has gone on throughout the night but due to the location it has been very difficult to do. It is a heavily wooded area. With the daylight we will be getting more officers in for a more extensive search.
– Sergeant Ben Darcy, Gloucestershire Police
The majority of our campers were helping in the search overnight, and my family. Everyone is very anxious, we're just hoping we are going to find him walking in the woods somewhere. We had an amazing response from the local police last night and an amazing response from the campers.
Police are hunting for a missing seven-year-old boy who may have got lost in woodlands.
The boy, from Worcester, was last seen at a campsite at Thistledown Farm in Nympsfield, near Stroud in Gloucestershire at around 7pm last night.
It is believed that the boy may have got lost in woodland near the campsite and police are eager for anyone who may have seen the boy to get in contact.
– Gloucestershire Police spokesman
The boy is described as white, around 1m 20cm (4ft) with blonde hair and blue eyes.
He was last seen wearing a dark 'Scooby-Doo' rain jacket with a hood, dark jogging bottoms and wellington boots.
A 50 year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following an incident in Stroud. A 48 year-old man is said to be in a critical condition in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital after what police describe as a domestic-related assault.
Officers arrested the woman after being called to an address in Upper Leazes, Stroud, at around 9pm last night.
A woman who's had two knee replacements and an operation on her spine will run in a 5K race later this year.
Sue Wheeler will take part in the event at Minchinhampton Common in Gloucestershire on the 9th of June - just one month after her second knee replacement is due to go ahead.
Ms Wheeler is hoping her run will raise funds for Stroud based charity The Door Youth Project, which works with and supports young people in the area.
The region is bracing itself for another night of high winds and heavy rain as already saturated ground makes the prospect of localised flooding more likely.
The Environment Agency currently has 20 flood warnings in place across the south west and there are 51 flood alerts.
The aftermath of the recent weather is continuing to cause disruption, as Jeff Welch reports: