Clearwell Castle

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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. A home of the Wyndham family for some 150 years, the first half of the twentieth century saw a disastrous fire, and subsequent asset-stripping, which brought the castle close to ruination. Slowly restored from 1954, in the 1970s the castle housed a recording studio used by, among other major bands, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Bad Company, and Queen. Now operating as a wedding venue, the castle is a Grade II* listed building. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1727 (298 years ago)Architectural style: GothicCoordinates: 51°45'59"N, 2°37'28"W

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Clearwell Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Briavels Castle, Clearwell Caves, Puzzlewood, Bigsweir Bridge.

2.1 miS
Forts and castles
St Briavels Castle, Lydney
53 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.
0.6 miNE
Museum, Mine, Cave
Clearwell Caves
16 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.
0.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Puzzlewood
23 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.
2.5 miSW
Bridge
Bigsweir Bridge, Letcombe Valley
65 min walk • Bigsweir Bridge is an 1827 road bridge crossing the River Wye, straddling the boundary between the parish of St. Briavels, Gloucestershire, England, and Llandogo, Monmouthshire, Wales.
2.5 miNW
Bridge
Penallt Viaduct, Letcombe Valley
64 min walk • Penallt Viaduct is a viaduct that formerly carried the Wye Valley Railway over the River Wye, which at this location forms the border between England and Wales. The 14-mile Wye Valley Railway opened on 1 November 1876.
1.8 miN
Museum, Specialty museum
Coleford Great Western Railway Museum
46 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.
1.4 miNE
Archaeological site
Darkhill Ironworks, Forest of Dean
37 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.
2.3 miW
Protected area
Graig Wood, Monmouth
60 min walk • Graig Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological characteristics, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It forms part of the wider Hael Woods complex.
1.9 miW
Natural attraction, Protected area
Highbury Wood, Letcombe Valley
50 min walk • Highbury Wood is a 50.74-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1983. The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site.
3.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Harper's Grove – Lord's Grove
87 min walk • Harper's Grove – Lord's Grove is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological characteristics, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.
1.8 miSW
Natural attraction, Protected area
Bigsweir Woods, Letcombe Valley
47 min walk • Bigsweir Woods is a 48.16-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1984. The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site.