Dingle Wood, Letcombe Valley

Name: Dingle Wood
Address: Letcombe Valley, United Kingdom

#34 among attractions in Letcombe Valley

Nature, Natural attraction, Forest

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Facts and practical information

Dingle Wood is a 9.95-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1972. The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site. The wood is located within the Forest of Dean Forest Park and the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. ()

Coordinates: 51°48'3"N, 2°38'9"W

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Letcombe Valley United Kingdom

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Day trips

Dingle Wood – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Kymin, Clearwell Caves, King Arthur's Cave, Upper Wye Gorge.

2.3 miW
Memorial
The Kymin, Letcombe Valley
59 min walk • The Kymin, is a hill overlooking Monmouth, in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located approximately one mile east of Monmouth, on the eastern side of the River Wye and adjacent to the border with the Forest of Dean and England.
2.3 miSE
Museum, Mine, Cave
Clearwell Caves
58 min walk • Clearwell Caves, at Clearwell in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, is a natural cave system which has been extensively mined for iron ore. It now operates primarily as a mining museum.
2.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
King Arthur's Cave, Letcombe Valley
70 min walk • King Arthur's Cave is a limestone cave at the foot of a low cliff at the north-western end of Lord's Wood in The Doward, near Symonds Yat, Herefordshire, about four miles northeast of Monmouth, in the Wye Valley.
1.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Upper Wye Gorge, Letcombe Valley
47 min walk • Upper Wye Gorge is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological and geological characteristics, around Symonds Yat in the Wye Valley on the Wales–England border.
1.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Puzzlewood
47 min walk • Puzzlewood is an ancient woodland site and tourist attraction, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The site, covering 14 acres, shows evidence of open-cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier.
1.9 miSW
Bridge
Penallt Viaduct, Letcombe Valley
50 min walk • Penallt Viaduct is a viaduct that formerly carried the Wye Valley Railway over the River Wye, which at this location forms the border between England and Wales. The 14-mile Wye Valley Railway opened on 1 November 1876.
1.1 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum
Coleford Great Western Railway Museum
28 min walk • Coleford Great Western Railway Museum is a railway museum located in Coleford, Gloucestershire, England. The museum was founded in 1988. Based in the former GWR Goods Shed along the Coleford Railway. There was also another station situated at Coleford, it was opened by the Severn and Wye Railway.
2.4 miSE
Archaeological site
Darkhill Ironworks, Forest of Dean
62 min walk • Darkhill Ironworks, and the neighbouring Titanic Steelworks, are internationally important industrial remains associated with the development of the iron and steel industries. Both are scheduled monuments.
2.4 miS
Forts and castles
Clearwell Castle
62 min walk • Clearwell Castle in Clearwell, the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, is a Gothic Revival house constructed from 1727. Built by Thomas Wyndham to the designs of Roger Morris, it is the earliest Georgian Gothic Revival castle in England predating better-known examples such as Strawberry Hill House by over twenty years.
2.6 miW
Church
Penallt Old Church, Letcombe Valley
66 min walk • Penallt Old Church is located just outside the village of Penallt, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is a Grade I listed building as of 19 November 1953.
2.5 miSW
Protected area
Graig Wood, Monmouth
65 min walk • Graig Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological characteristics, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It forms part of the wider Hael Woods complex.

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How to get to Dingle Wood by public transport?

The nearest stations to Dingle Wood:

Train

Rookwood (38 min walk)