Attractions in Shirenewton & Things to Do in Shirenewton
(and nearby)

Caldicot Castle & Country Park (3 Miles)*
Magnificent Welsh border castle set in fifty-five acres of beautiful parkland. Founded by the Normans, developed in royal hands as a stronghold in the Middle Ages.
Chepstow Castle (3 Miles)*
Chepstow Castle, on its rock above the swirling waters of the River Wye, stands guard over a strategic crossing point into Wales.
Chepstow Museum (3 Miles)*
Chepstow Museum reveals the rich and varied past of this ancient town, once an important port and market centre. Wine trade, shipbuilding and salmon fishing are among Chepstow's many industries featured in displays with atmospheric settings.
Tintern Abbey (5 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.
Usk Rural Life Museum (8 Miles)*
The Museum portrays life in the Welsh Borders as it was at any time between 1850 and the end of World War II. The contents are housed in a picturesque ancient malt barn and adjoining buildings.
Caerleon Amphitheatre Barracks and Baths (9 Miles)*
The site of the 50-acre (20.3ha) Roman legionary fortress of Isca, the permanent base of the Second Augustan Legion in Britain from about A.D. 75.
Blaise Castle House Museum (10 Miles)*
The museum features displays of everyday life in and around Bristol, including toys, costumes and domestic equipment. It stands in extensive grounds and woodland.
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.
Lydney Park Gardens (10 Miles)*
Now Closed FOR THE 2010 SEASON
Clearwell Caves Ancient Iron Mines (11 Miles)*
When you visit Clearwell Caves you are entering some of the very oldest underground workings in Britain.
Great Western Railway Museum (Coleford) (12 Miles)*
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.
Nelson Museum & Local History Centre (12 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.
Bristol Zoo Gardens (13 Miles)*
A visit to Bristol Zoo Gardens is an adventure into an exciting animal kingdom, all set within 12 acres of beautiful gardens.
Edward Jenner Museum (13 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.
Berkeley Castle (13 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.
Amgueddfa Pontypool Museum (13 Miles)*
At Valley Inheritance Museum displays and audio visuals combine vividly to tell the story of the Torfaen Valley and its people from earliest times to the present day. Llanyrafon Farm Museum aims to illustrate the farming history of the Valley.
Tyntesfield (13 Miles)*
Tyntesfield House is one of the latest additions to the National Trust collection and was given to the nation by the Gibbs family in 2002.
Clevedon Court (13 Miles)*
Home to the Elton family and with a fine display of the family pottery, known as Eltonware, Clevedon Court reflects the many centuries and owners it has outlasted.
Bristols City Museum and Art Gallery (13 Miles)*
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery tells the story of our world in every display, from the beginning of time to the present day.
Bristol's Red Lodge (13 Miles)*
Built c. 1590, it was in the grounds of the Great House which stood on the site of the present Colston Hall. Inside on the first floor, is the last surviving suite of 16th-century rooms in Bristol.
Bristol's Georgian House (13 Miles)*
A carefully preserved example of a late 18th-century sugar merchant's town house.
At-Bristol (14 Miles)*
With hundreds of hands-on exhibits, live science shows and a Planetarium, At-Bristol is one of the UK's biggest and most exciting interactive science centres.
M Shed (14 Miles)*
M Shed is an exciting and innovative new museum for Bristol due to open on 17 June 2011.
Dean Heritage Centre (15 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.
White Castle (15 Miles)*
This little-known historical gem is located deep in Wales's border country, today a tranquil landscape but in medieval times hotly disputed territory. Along with Skenfrith and Grosmont, White Castle was one of a triangle of fortresses.
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.



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