Forest of Dean Cycle Centre, Nagshead

Name: Forest of Dean Cycle Centre
Address: Nagshead, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Nagshead

Park, Relax in park

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Forest of Dean Cycle Centre is a small woodland cycling centre, comprising mountain bike trails, a visitor centre, car parks and uplift service. It is located on the former site of Cannop Colliery in the Cannop Valley, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. The nearest village is Parkend, 3 miles away. ()

Elevation: 249 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°46'60"N, 2°34'0"W

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Nagshead United Kingdom

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Day trips

Forest of Dean Cycle Centre – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dean Forest Railway, Dean Heritage Centre, Clearwell Caves, Puzzlewood.

2.6 miS
Museum
Dean Forest Railway, Lydney
67 min walk • The Dean Forest Railway is a 4+1⁄4-mile long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. The route was part of the former Severn and Wye Railway which ran from Lydney to Cinderford.
3.4 miE
History museum, Museum, Science museum
Dean Heritage Centre, Forest of Dean
87 min walk • The Dean Heritage Centre is located in the valley of Soudley, Gloucestershire, England in the Forest of Dean and exists to record and preserve the social and industrial history of the area and its people.
2.1 miSW
Museum, Mine, Cave
Clearwell Caves
55 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.
2.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Puzzlewood
54 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.
2.2 miW
Museum, Specialty museum
Coleford Great Western Railway Museum
55 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.
1.3 miW
Archaeological site
Darkhill Ironworks, Forest of Dean
34 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.
2.7 miSW
Forts and castles
Clearwell Castle
70 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.
3.8 miN
Church
Holy Jesus Church, Lydbrook
98 min walk • Holy Jesus Church at Lydbrook is a Church of England parish church in the English county of Gloucestershire.
3.5 miS
51°44'9"N • 2°32'20"W
Dean Forest Railway, Lydney
90 min walk • Museum
1.7 miN
Park, Vernacular architecture
Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail, Forest of Dean
44 min walk • The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail is a point of interest in the Forest of Dean in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The Sculpture Trail links several different site-specific sculptures commissioned for the forest.
3.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Slaughter Stream Cave, Letcombe Valley
80 min walk • Slaughter Stream Cave, also known as Wet Sink, is a cave system in the Wye Valley, Forest of Dean. A series of fixed ladders and two pitches lead to sporting streamways, sandy crawls and fossil passages.