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Photo of Puzzlewood, a visitor attraction near Newland, Gloucestershire, south west England.

PuzzlewoodPhoto Zoltan Tasi / Unsplash

Places to explore near Lydney StationLydney

40 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Berkeley Castle, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Berkeley Castle

House & garden near Frampton on Severn

Lived-in Norman castle, scene of Edward II's murder.

5.8 km SE

Photo of the Wye Valley, a National Landscape in England and Wales.Highlight

Wye Valley

National Landscape near Monmouth

A wooded river gorge winding along the Wales–England border, past Tintern Abbey down to Chepstow.

6.9 km W

Photo of Clearwell Caves, a cave near Newland, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Clearwell Caves

Cave near Newland

Ancient iron-ore mine in the Forest of Dean, its worked-out caverns open to visitors underground.

8.6 km NW

Photo along the Offa's Dyke Path, a 177-mile National Trail running from Chepstow to Prestatyn, Wales and England.Highlight

Offa's Dyke Path

National Trail

The length of the Welsh borders, tracking the eighth-century earthwork that once divided kingdoms.

8.7 km W · spans 8 counties

Photo of Cannop Ponds, a Lake near Newland, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Cannop Ponds

Lake near Newland

Pair of tranquil forest ponds in the heart of the Forest of Dean, ringed by an easy walk.

8.9 km N

Photo of WWT Slimbridge, a nature reserve near Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

WWT Slimbridge

Nature reserve near Frampton on Severn

Sir Peter Scott's pioneering wetland reserve on the Severn, wintering ground for Bewick's swans and thousands of wildfowl.

9.1 km E

Photo of Puzzlewood, a visitor attraction near Newland, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Puzzlewood

Attraction near Newland

Fourteen acres of moss-grown scowles — ancient iron workings — threaded with boardwalks; film crews from Doctor Who to Star Wars treat it as off-the-shelf fairyland.

9.3 km NW

Photo of the Cotswolds, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Cotswolds

National Landscape near Cirencester

Honey-coloured limestone villages scattered across rolling sheep country, and paths enough to link them all up

9.6 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Bathurst Pool

Lido near Newland

A 38 m open-air pool given to Lydney by the Bathurst family in 1920 and kept open by local volunteers since 2000.

0.9 km NW

Photo of Lydney Park Gardens, a garden in Gloucestershire, south west England.

Lydney Park Gardens

Garden near Lydney

Spring woodland valley garden of rhododendrons and azaleas around Roman remains at Lydney Park.

2.5 km NW

Photo of the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, a 16-mile canal running from Gloucester Docks to Sharpness, south west England.

Gloucester & Sharpness Canal

Canal

A ship canal beside the Severn estuary — the widest and deepest in the world when it opened in 1827.

3 km E · Gloucestershire

Photo along the Severn Way, a 210-mile long-distance path running from Plynlimon to Bristol, England and Wales.

Severn Way

Long-distance path

Britain's longest riverside walk, shadowing the Severn from its peat-hag source on Plynlimon to the docks at Bristol.

3.2 km E · spans 5 counties

Photo along the Gloucestershire Way, a 94-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Tewkesbury, south west England.

Gloucestershire Way

Long-distance path

Chepstow to Tewkesbury the long way round: the Forest of Dean, a Severn crossing at Gloucester and a climb over the Cotswold edge.

4.7 km W · Gloucestershire

St Briavel's Castle

Castle near Llandogo

A medieval castle in Gloucestershire.

8 km W

Photo along the Wye Valley Walk, a 136-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Plynlimon, Wales and England.

Wye Valley Walk

Long-distance path

Following the Wye upstream from Chepstow's castle through gorge, orchard and moorland to the river's source country on Plynlimon.

9.6 km W · spans 4 counties

Wye Valley Sculpture Garden

Garden near Tintern

Three acres of lawns, woodland, orchard and meadow on the valley slopes near Tintern, hung with a changing summer sculpture show and known for its snowdrops.

9.8 km W

Kingstone Brewery

Brewery near Tintern

Small brewery near Tintern in the Wye Valley, hand-brewing bottled beers, with a taproom.

9.9 km W

Everything else within 10 km (23) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.