Wigpool Ironstone Mine, Wigpool

Name: Wigpool Ironstone Mine
Address: Wigpool, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Wigpool

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Wigpool Ironstone Mine is a 34.88-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1998. ()

Coordinates: 51°52'31"N, 2°30'12"W

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Wigpool United Kingdom

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Wigpool Ironstone Mine – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Goodrich Castle, Kerne Bridge, May Hill, Herefordshire Trail.

4.8 miW
Historical place, Forts and castles, Reportedly haunted
Goodrich Castle, Ross-on-Wye
123 min walk • Goodrich Castle is a Norman medieval castle ruin north of the village of Goodrich in Herefordshire, England, controlling a key location between Monmouth and Ross-on-Wye.
4.6 miW
Bridge
Kerne Bridge, Lydbrook
117 min walk • Kerne Bridge was built over the River Wye in the County of Herefordshire, England in 1825-28, on the site of an ancient ford crossing known as Flanesford. It is designated as a Scheduled Monument. Carrying the B4229 road, it connects the parishes of Walford on the river’s left bank and Goodrich on the right.
2.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
May Hill
69 min walk • May Hill is a prominent English hill between Gloucester and Ross-on-Wye. Its summit, on the western edge of Gloucestershire and its northern slopes in Herefordshire, is distinguishable by a clump of trees on its summit, which forms an official Site of Special Scientific Interest.
4.5 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Herefordshire Trail, Ross-on-Wye
114 min walk • The Herefordshire Trail is a long distance footpath in Herefordshire, England.
4.2 miNE
Park
International Centre for Birds of Prey, Newent
107 min walk • The International Centre for Birds of Prey, formerly the National Birds of Prey Centre, in the United Kingdom houses a large collection of birds of prey with over 60 species of owls, eagles and hawks. It works towards the conservation of birds of prey through education, captive breeding, research and rehabilitation.
5 miW
Park
Coppet Hill, Letcombe Valley
128 min walk • Coppet Hill or Coppett Hill is a local nature reserve in the parish of Goodrich near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire.
4 miSW
Church
Holy Jesus Church, Lydbrook
103 min walk • Holy Jesus Church at Lydbrook is a Church of England parish church in the English county of Gloucestershire.
1.6 miS
Park
Plump Hill
42 min walk • Plump Hill Dolomite Quarry is a 4.5-hectare nature reserve in Gloucestershire in the Forest of Dean. The site is managed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and held under agreement with the Forestry Commission since 1982.
3.5 miSE
Monastery
Flaxley Abbey
89 min walk • Flaxley Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in England, now a Grade I listed manor and private residence, near the village of Flaxley in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. It is the former seat of the Crawley-Boevey Baronets.
4.9 miNW
Forts and castles
Wilton Castle, Ross-on-Wye
126 min walk • Wilton Castle is a 12th-century Norman castle located in south-eastern Herefordshire, England on the River Wye adjacent to the town of Ross-on-Wye. The castle is named after the manor associated with it.
4.9 miNW
Bridge
Wilton Bridge, Ross-on-Wye
124 min walk • Wilton Bridge is a Grade I listed bridge crossing the River Wye between Wilton, Herefordshire and Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.