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Mallards Pike, Parkend, Gloucestershire, GL15 4HDTelephone
0300 067 4800Parkend
Beautiful lake in the Forest of Dean, popular for walking, with lots of picnic benches, nearby cycle paths and a cafe and toilets on site.
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Lower Soudley, Soudley, Gloucestershire, GL14 2UBTelephone
01594 822170Soudley
We are the Museum of the Forest: a stunning building and location with inside and outside attractions. Learn about the history of the Forest from the Ice Age to the present day, visit our museum and gallery, explore the Gruffalo woodland trail, visit a charcoal burner's camp, see chainsaw carving, our mill pond and pretty stream, kids will enjoy our woodland playground plus there is an excellent cafe and gift shop.
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Symonds Yat Rock, Symonds Yat, Gloucestershire, GL16 7NZTelephone
0300 067 4800Symonds Yat
Internationally renowned viewpoint with fantastic views over the Wye Valley. A car park, cafe and shop are nearby and there are woodland walks all around including down to Symonds Yat East village.
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Speech House Road, Coleford, Gloucestershire, GL16 7ELTelephone
0300 067 4800Coleford
Beechenhurst, managed by Forestry England, lies in the heart of the Forest of Dean, and is a great place to start your forest adventure. Trail, play area, picnic spots, Go Ape and cafe.
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Devauden, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 6HLChepstow
Chepstow Park is a large block of woodland with both mature broadleaf and conifer species as well as an excellent viewpoint south towards the Severn Bridges.
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Hadnock Road, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, NP25 3NGTelephone
01600 713977Monmouth
The nation's favourite river, flowing through some of the most beautiful lowland scenery in Britain. Find out about the Wye Valley AONB.
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19 Black Rock Road, Portskewett, Caldicott, Monmouthshire, NP26 5TPCaldicott
Black Rock is on the Monmouthshire coastline of the Severn Estuary between the two Severn bridges. There is a picnic site and the location gives fantastic panoramic views of the estuary and both bridges. Black Rock is the home of a traditional method of fishing which has been practiced for hundreds of years and and also historic links with much earlier ways of crossing the river.
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New Fancy Viewpoint, Fancy Road, Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL16 7ELLydney
The Geomap celebrates both the geological and the industrial history of the Forest of Dean. Each layer of rock shown on Geomap is made from the actual rock it represents, taken from local quarries. Overlain on the map is the industrial history, demonstrating the link between the underlying geology and the great quarrying and mining industries of the past.
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Highnam
Highnam Woods on the eastern edge of the Forest of Dean is an RSPB nature reserve offering great birdwatching and wildlife spotting opportunities.
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Wyndcliffe Car Park, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 6HDChepstow
Breathtaking views of the Wye Valley and River Severn from the Eagle's Nest at the top of a steep, wooded limestone cliff.
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May Hill Car Park 1, Cliffords Mesne, Gloucestershire, GL18 1JSCliffords Mesne
May Hill is one of the most familiar landmarks for many miles around, with its near circular mound and crowning clump of trees. It offers wonderful views and is an ideal spot to view the sunrise and sunset over the forest, hills and valleys all around.
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Near Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, GL17 9LTNear Lydbrook
A Forest car park with vast walks, a picnic site, pond with waterlilies and an area steeped in the heritage of mining with old railway lines and bridges and a new mining memorial installed in 2022. Off-road cycling trails and access to the Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail.
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Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, NP7 8UHSkenfrith
Skenfrith Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Skenfrith in Monmouthshire, Wales, one of a trio of Monmouthshire fortresses known as the ‘Three Castles’ – which includes Grosmont and White Castle – built to control the border. The castle’s well-preserved walls surround a circular keep. Built on an earthen mound, this sturdy structure was a last line of defence should the castle fall under attack.
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Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP7 8UDAbergavenny
White Castle is the best preserved and most imposing of the trio of Monmouthshire fortresses known as the ‘Three Castles’ – which includes Grosmont and Skenfrith – built to control the border. Its medieval name might derive from the white rendering used on its masonry. Castell Gwyn in Welsh it is also known historically as Llantilio Castle. It is near the village of Llantilio Crossenny.
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Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL15 4ERLydney
Riverside walks, sculptures, great for birdwatching, sunsets and steeped in history, Lydney Harbour is well worth visiting as a place of beauty but also to see the power and force of the River Severn and its estuary which has the second highest tidal range in the world. Now with a new modern takeaway cafe.
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Speech House Woods, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, GL16 7EJForest of Dean
A small fishing lake in the Speech House woods, used as a filming location in the BBC series Merlin.
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Tidenham, Chepstow, Gloucestershire, NP16 7JRChepstow
Spectacular views over Tintern Abbey and the River Wye from this iconic viewpoint along the Offa's Dyke national path.
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Bank House, Bank Street, Coleford, Gloucestershire, GL16 8BATelephone
07584 003362Coleford
Foresters’ Forest is a £2.5m National Lottery Heritage funded scheme with 38 community projects that uncover, reveal, share and celebrate our heritage.
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Goodrich, Herefordshire, HR9 6JFGoodrich
One of the most prominent features in the Lower Wye Valley offering some of the best views and walks in the area. 98 hectares of the hill is a local nature reserve, bluebells cover the hill in spring and it is well known as being an ideal spot to leaf peep the autumn colours. South of Goodrich and west of Kerne Bridge it is surrounded by two large loops in the River Wye with Symonds Yat close by.
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Ruardean Hill, Gloucestershire, GL17 9AWRuardean Hill
The highest point in the Forest of Dean at 290m high with a beacon and a memorial to miners killed in the local collieries. The beacon was built in 2002 and is lit to commemorate important occasions. This was followed by the statue of a crouching miner installed in 2008 and the memorial in 2017. Together they represent a striking feature on the hill.
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