Soudley Ponds, Forest of Dean

Name: Soudley Ponds
Address: Forest of Dean, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Forest of Dean

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Lying close to the village of Soudley in the Forest of Dean, west Gloucestershire, Soudley Ponds, also known as Sutton Ponds, comprise four linked man-made ponds lined in succession through the narrow Sutton Valley, and surrounded by stands of tall Douglas Fir. It is a 7.04-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1984. ()

Coordinates: 51°48'5"N, 2°29'28"W

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Forest of Dean United Kingdom

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Soudley Ponds – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dean Forest Railway, Dean Heritage Centre, Westbury Court Garden, Darkhill Ironworks.

4.3 miSW
Museum
Dean Forest Railway, Lydney
111 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.
0.6 miS
History museum, Museum, Science museum
Dean Heritage Centre, Forest of Dean
15 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.
3.8 miNE
Park, Garden
Westbury Court Garden
97 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.
4.8 miW
Archaeological site
Darkhill Ironworks, Forest of Dean
122 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.
4.4 miNW
Church
Holy Jesus Church, Lydbrook
113 min walk • Holy Jesus Church at Lydbrook is a Church of England parish church in the English county of Gloucestershire.
3.5 miN
Park
Plump Hill
91 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.
5 miSW
51°44'9"N • 2°32'20"W
Dean Forest Railway, Lydney
127 min walk • Museum
2.6 miW
Park, Vernacular architecture
Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail, Forest of Dean
68 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.
5.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Slaughter Stream Cave, Letcombe Valley
132 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.
2.2 miNW
Locality
Laymoor Quag
57 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.