Bigsweir Bridge, Letcombe Valley

Name: Bigsweir Bridge
Address: Letcombe Valley, United Kingdom

#6 among attractions in Letcombe Valley

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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. It carries the A466 road, and is located about 2 miles north of the village of Llandogo, 2 miles south of Whitebrook, and 3 miles west of the village of St Briavels. It is the Normal Tidal Limit of the River Wye, and navigation below this point falls under the jurisdiction of the Gloucester Harbour Trustees. ()

Completed: 1827 (197 years ago)Length: 164 ftCoordinates: 51°44'34"N, 2°40'11"W

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Letcombe Valley United Kingdom

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Bigsweir Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Briavels Castle, Clearwell Caves, Puzzlewood, Church of St Nicholas.

1.3 miE
Forts and castles
St Briavels Castle, Lydney
33 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.
3.1 miNE
Museum, Mine, Cave
Clearwell Caves
80 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.
3.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Puzzlewood
86 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.
2.4 miW
Church
Church of St Nicholas, Letcombe Valley
61 min walk • The Church of St Nicholas, Trellech, Monmouthshire is a parish church with its origins in the 14th century. The historical and architectural evidence suggests that it was constructed largely in a single building period c.1300. The style is Decorated Gothic.
2.9 miN
Bridge
Penallt Viaduct, Letcombe Valley
75 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.
4.1 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum
Coleford Great Western Railway Museum
105 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.
1.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Beacon Hill, Letcombe Valley
43 min walk • 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.
2.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Clearwell Castle
65 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.
1 miSW
Church
Church of St Oudoceus, Letcombe Valley
25 min walk • The Church of St Oudoceus, Llandogo, Monmouthshire is a parish church built in 1859–1861. The church is dedicated to St Oudoceus, an early Bishop of Llandaff who retired to Llandogo and was reputed to have died there in about AD 700. Designed by the ecclesiastical architect John Pollard Seddon, the church has a notable painted interior.
2.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Shorn Cliff and Caswell Woods, Tintern
73 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.
2.3 miN
Protected area
Graig Wood, Monmouth
58 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.