Letcombe Valley: Natural Attraction
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King Arthur's Cave
King Arthur's Cave is a limestone cave at the foot of a low cliff at the north-western end of Lord's Wood in The Doward, near Symonds Yat, Herefordshire, about four miles northeast of Monmouth, in the Wye Valley.
Upper Wye Gorge
Upper Wye Gorge is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological and geological characteristics, around Symonds Yat in the Wye Valley on the Wales–England border.
Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill is the highest hill in eastern Monmouthshire, South Wales. It is located 0.6 miles due east of the village of Trellech, and 1 mile north-west of Llandogo. Its crowning point at 306m / 1006 ft above sea level is marked by an Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar.
Wye Valley
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.
Highbury Wood
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.
Miss Grace's Lane
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.
Lower Wye Gorge SSSI
Lower Wye Gorge is a 65-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1954 and renotified 1987. The site includes two Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust nature reserves being Ban-y-gor Wood and Lancaut. The Natural England citation states a revision for Lancaut inclusion.
Otter Hole
Otter Hole is perhaps one of the best decorated caves in Britain. Located on the Wales–England border just north of Chepstow, the cave runs from the banks of the tidal River Wye under the Chepstow Racecourse and onwards through various chambers, each rich with cave formations.
Livox Wood
Livox Wood is a woodland and Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological characteristics, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.
Lady Park Wood National Nature Reserve
Lady Park Wood National Nature Reserve is a 45-hectare nature reserve straddling the borders of Gloucestershire in England and Monmouthshire in Wales.
Bigsweir Woods
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.
Wye Valley Warfare Laser Ops
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Slaughter Stream Cave
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.
Lower Hael Wood
Lower Hael Wood is a semi-ancient woodland and Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological characteristics, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is part of the wider Hael Woods complex. The wood is on the side of the River Wye which is the border between Wales and England.
Astridge Wood
Astridge Wood is a 19.42-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England, notified in 1985. The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site.
Dingle Wood
Dingle Wood is a 9.95-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1972. The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site.
Gaer Wood
Gaer Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological characteristics, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.
Croes Robert Wood
Croes Robert Wood is a nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological characteristics, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.
Maes-yr-Uchaf Wood
Maes-yr-Uchaf Wood is a small woodland and Site of Special Scientific Interest, noted for its biological characteristics, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.
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