Meezy Hurst, Forest of Dean

#9 among attractions in Forest of Dean

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Meezy Hurst is a 4.3-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1986. ()

Coordinates: 51°46'41"N, 2°31'31"W

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Forest of Dean United Kingdom

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Meezy Hurst – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

2.2 miS
Museum
Dean Forest Railway, Lydney
57 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.
1.9 miNE
History museum, Museum, Science museum
Dean Heritage Centre, Forest of Dean
49 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.
3.7 miW
Museum, Mine, Cave
Clearwell Caves
96 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.
3.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Puzzlewood
98 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.
4 miW
Museum, Specialty museum
Coleford Great Western Railway Museum
101 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.
3 miW
Archaeological site
Darkhill Ironworks, Forest of Dean
77 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.
4.3 miW
Forts and castles
Clearwell Castle
110 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.
4.1 miS
Museum, Archaeological museum
Lydney Park
106 min walk • Lydney Park is a 17th-century country estate surrounding Lydney House, located at Lydney in the Forest of Dean district in Gloucestershire, England. It is known for its gardens and Roman temple complex.
3 miS
51°44'9"N • 2°32'20"W
Dean Forest Railway, Lydney
76 min walk • Museum
3.5 miS
51°43'36"N • 2°31'32"W
Lydney Community Centre, Lydney
91 min walk • City hall
2.3 miNW
Park, Vernacular architecture
Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail, Forest of Dean
59 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.