Clearwell Caves

#752 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Museum, Mine, Cave, Park

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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. ()

Elevation: 653 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°46'17"N, 2°36'45"W

Location

The Rocks, Clearwell, ColefordEnglandUnited Kingdom

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+44 1594 832535

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

Nearby attractions include: Puzzlewood, Darkhill Ironworks, Clearwell Castle, Stow Green.

0.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Puzzlewood
12 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.
0.8 miNE
Archaeological site
Darkhill Ironworks, Forest of Dean
21 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.
0.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Clearwell Castle
16 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.
1.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Stow Green, Letcombe Valley
36 min walk • Stow Green Castle, also known as Castle Tump, was a castle near the village of St Briavels in Gloucestershire, England. The castle is believed to have been built after the Norman Conquest.