Highbury Wood

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Highbury Wood is one of five National Nature Reserves in Gloucestershire. It lies within the Wye Valley National Landscape. For more of the same, Tudor Farm Bank and Dingle Wood are close by. Lydney Station is about 11.2 km away to the south-east.

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