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Attractions near What's Near The Dean Forest Railway?
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Great Western Railway Museum (Coleford)
(< 1 Mile)*
The Great Western Railway Museum is housed in one of the last remaining permanent railway buildings in the Forest of Dean, on the original site of Coleford Railway Yard. It is the original GWR Goods Station of 1883. |
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Clearwell Caves Ancient Iron Mines
(1 Mile)*
When you visit Clearwell caves you are entering some of the very oldest underground workings in Britain. |
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Nelson Museum & Local History Centre
(4 Miles)*
Horatio Nelson was born in Norfolk, died at sea, and is buried in St Paul's Cathedral - yet Monmouth is home to a magnificent collection of Nelson material. |
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Dean Heritage Centre
(5 Miles)*
Situated in a converted former mill in the picturesque Soudley Valley, the Dean Heritage Centre is the ideal starting point for a visit to the Forest. |
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Goodrich Castle
(6 Miles)*
Goodrich Castle is the most complete medieval castle in Britain, despite its turbulent history. Built on a rocky outcrop with exhilarating views over the Wye Valley, it gives a fascinating insight into fortress life seven centuries ago. |
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Lydney Park Gardens
(6 Miles)*
Now Closed FOR THE 2010 SEASON |
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Tintern Abbey
(7 Miles)*
It's easy to understand why Tintern Abbey was one of the first places in Wales to attract Visitors. Travellers have been flocking to this riverbank in the wooded Wye Valley for hundreds of years to admire Tintern's grace and sublime beauty. |
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Edward Jenner Museum
(9 Miles)*
Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley in 1749. Orphaned before he was 5 years old, his brothers and sisters set him on a career of medicine. |
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Berkeley Castle
(10 Miles)*
In 1153 Maurice Berkeley completed this fortress by the Severn Estuary at the command of Henry II, and ever since has been the home of the Berkeley family. |
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Raglan Castle
(10 Miles)*
Handsome Raglan, set amongst green, rolling border country, marks the end of an auspicious line. Largely the creation of the more peaceful, later Middle Ages, it brings to a close the great castle-building episode in Welsh history. |
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Towns near What's Near The Dean Forest Railway?
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Coleford
(< 1 Mile)*
The market town of Coleford, known to have been in existence from 1275, has an attractive centre. The Clock Tower is all that remains of the original church built in 1821and demolished in 1882. |
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Newland
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Staunton
(2 Miles)*
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Parkend
(3 Miles)*
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Bream
(3 Miles)*
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