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Swanpool Wood and Furnace Grove

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Swanpool Wood and Furnace Grove is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, covering 0.14 km². It is one of 136 SSSIs in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of the Wye Valley National Landscape.

The nearest railway station is Lydney, about 12.5 km to the south-east. Dingle Wood and Upper Wye Gorge are among the SSSIs within 3.3 km.

More places to visit near Swanpool Wood and Furnace Grove

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

Wye Valley

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Monmouth

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

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.

3.8 km E

Photo of The Whitebrook, a restaurant near Penallt in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Highlight

The Whitebrook

Restaurant · With rooms near Penallt

Foraging-driven restaurant with rooms hidden in the wooded Wye Valley.

4 km SW

Photo of St Mary's Priory Church, a church in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Highlight

St Mary's Priory Church

Church near Monmouth

Monmouth's parish church on the site of a medieval priory, rebuilt in the Georgian and Victorian periods beneath a tall spire.

4 km NW

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.

4.3 km SE

Photo of Symonds Yat West Amazing Hedge Puzzle, a visitor attraction near Monmouth in the Wye Valley, Gloucestershire, south west England.Highlight

Symonds Yat West Amazing Hedge Puzzle

Attraction near Monmouth

Family maze and gardens above the Wye at Symonds Yat West, with a butterfly house alongside.

5.4 km NE