Lydney Park

#3357 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Museum, Archaeological museum

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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. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°43'17"N, 2°33'28"W

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Lydney Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dean Forest Railway, Berkeley Castle, St Briavels Castle, Clearwell Caves.

1.9 miN
Museum
Dean Forest Railway, Lydney
50 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.
4.9 miSE
Historical place, Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles
Berkeley Castle, Berkeley
125 min walk • Berkeley Castle is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. The castle's origins date back to the 11th century, and it has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.
3.7 miW
Forts and castles
St Briavels Castle, Lydney
96 min walk • St Briavels Castle is a moated Norman castle at St Briavels in the English county of Gloucestershire. The castle is noted for its huge Edwardian gatehouse that guards the entrance.
4.2 miNW
Museum, Mine, Cave
Clearwell Caves
107 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.
4.8 miSE
Garden, Specialty museum, Park
Dr Jenner's House, Berkeley
123 min walk • Dr. Jenner's House, formerly known as the Edward Jenner Museum, in Berkeley, England, is housed in a grade II* listed early 18th century building called the Chantry, famous as the home of Edward Jenner FRS, physician, surgeon and pioneer of smallpox vaccination, and now used as a museum.
4.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Puzzlewood
117 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.
4.1 miNW
Archaeological site
Darkhill Ironworks, Forest of Dean
105 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.
4.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Clearwell Castle
108 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.
4.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Wye Valley, Letcombe Valley
126 min walk • The Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is an internationally important protected landscape straddling the border between England and Wales. The River Wye is the fifth-longest river in the United Kingdom.
4.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Shorn Cliff and Caswell Woods, Tintern
124 min walk • Shorn Cliff And Caswell Woods is a 69.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1986. The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site. The site lies in the Forest of Dean in the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
4.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Miss Grace's Lane, Letcombe Valley
113 min walk • Miss Grace's Lane, near Tidenham in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, is a natural cave system, the entrance to which was excavated between 1994 and 1997 by members of the Royal Forest of Dean Caving Club.