Buckshraft Mine & Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel, Forest of Dean

Name: Buckshraft Mine & Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel
Address: Forest of Dean, United Kingdom

#7 among attractions in Forest of Dean

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Buckshraft Mine & Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel

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Buckshraft Mine & Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel, Forest of Dean

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Buckshraft Mine & Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel is a 5.66-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1998. This site comprises two separate locations. One is Buckshraft Mine which is near the village of Ruspidge. The other location is Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel which is near the village of Soudley. ()

Coordinates: 51°48'25"N, 2°30'4"W

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Forest of Dean United Kingdom

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Day trips

Buckshraft Mine & Bradley Hill Railway Tunnel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dean Forest Railway, Dean Heritage Centre, Westbury Court Garden, Coleford Great Western Railway Museum.

4.5 miSW
Museum
Dean Forest Railway, Lydney
114 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.
1.1 miSE
History museum, Museum, Science museum
Dean Heritage Centre, Forest of Dean
28 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.
4.1 miE
Park, Garden
Westbury Court Garden
104 min walk • Westbury Court Garden is a Dutch water garden in Westbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, England, 9 miles southwest of Gloucester. It was laid out in 1696–1705, a rare survival not to have been replaced in the 18th century by a naturalistic garden landscape as popularised by Capability Brown.
5 miW
Museum, Specialty museum
Coleford Great Western Railway Museum
128 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.
4.6 miSW
Archaeological site
Darkhill Ironworks, Forest of Dean
116 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.
3.9 miNW
Church
Holy Jesus Church, Lydbrook
99 min walk • Holy Jesus Church at Lydbrook is a Church of England parish church in the English county of Gloucestershire.
3.2 miN
Park
Plump Hill
82 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 miNE
Monastery
Flaxley Abbey
76 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.
2.2 miW
Park, Vernacular architecture
Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail, Forest of Dean
56 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.
4.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Slaughter Stream Cave, Letcombe Valley
119 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.
1.7 miNW
Locality
Laymoor Quag
44 min walk • Laymoor Quag is a 3.5-hectare nature reserve within the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site. The site is owned by the Forestry Commission and managed under agreement by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust since 1982.