St Briavels Castle, Lydney
#2 among attractions in Lydney
Facts and practical information
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. ()
St Briavels Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Tintern Abbey, Clearwell Caves, Puzzlewood, Bigsweir Bridge.
Cistercian site with iconic Gothic ruinsTintern Abbey, Tintern
84 min walk • Tintern Abbey, a hauntingly beautiful relic of ecclesiastical grandeur, stands serenely in the village of Tintern, United Kingdom. Founded by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow, in 1131, this former Cistercian monastery is a testament to the architectural prowess of the...
Museum, Mine, CaveClearwell Caves
66 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.
Nature, Natural attraction, ForestPuzzlewood
76 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.
BridgeBigsweir Bridge, Letcombe Valley
33 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.
Archaeological siteDarkhill Ironworks, Forest of Dean
84 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.
Nature, Natural attraction, MountainBeacon Hill, Letcombe Valley
75 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.
Forts and castlesClearwell Castle
53 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.
ChurchChurch of St Oudoceus, Letcombe Valley
51 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.
Nature, Natural attraction, ValleyWye Valley, Letcombe Valley
84 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.
Nature, Natural attraction, ForestShorn Cliff and Caswell Woods, Tintern
70 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.
Protected areaGraig Wood, Monmouth
77 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.
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