Puddlebrook Quarry, Drybrook

#2 among attractions in Drybrook

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Puddlebrook Quarry is a 0.7-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, near Drybrook notified in 1986. The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site. ()

Coordinates: 51°51'45"N, 2°30'53"W

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Drybrook United Kingdom

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Puddlebrook Quarry – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Goodrich Castle, Dean Heritage Centre, Kerne Bridge, May Hill.

4.4 miW
Historical place, Forts and castles, Reportedly haunted
Goodrich Castle, Ross-on-Wye
113 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.
4.9 miS
History museum, Museum, Science museum
Dean Heritage Centre, Forest of Dean
126 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 miW
Bridge
Kerne Bridge, Lydbrook
105 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.
3.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
May Hill
91 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.
4.7 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Herefordshire Trail, Ross-on-Wye
120 min walk • The Herefordshire Trail is a long distance footpath in Herefordshire, England.
4.4 miW
Park
Coppet Hill, Letcombe Valley
113 min walk • Coppet Hill or Coppett Hill is a local nature reserve in the parish of Goodrich near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire.
3.1 miSW
Church
Holy Jesus Church, Lydbrook
80 min walk • Holy Jesus Church at Lydbrook is a Church of England parish church in the English county of Gloucestershire.
1.2 miSE
Park
Plump Hill
32 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.
3.3 miSE
Monastery
Flaxley Abbey
83 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.
5.1 miNW
Bridge
Wilton Bridge, Ross-on-Wye
129 min walk • Wilton Bridge is a Grade I listed bridge crossing the River Wye between Wilton, Herefordshire and Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England.
4.2 miS
Park, Vernacular architecture
Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail, Forest of Dean
107 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.