Allaston

Worth seeing in and around Allaston

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Gloucester and Sharpness Canal

   The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal is a ship canal in the west of England, between Gloucester and Sharpness, completed in 1827. For much of its length the canal runs close to the tidal River Severn, but it cuts off a long loop in the river at a once-dangerous bend near Arlingham.

   3.2 km · canal in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Dean Forest Railway

   The Dean Forest Railway is a 4+1⁄4-mile long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The route was part of the former Severn and Wye Railway which ran from Lydney to Cinderford.

   2.2 km · heritage railway in Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Lydney Canal

   The Lydney Canal is a one-mile canal in Gloucestershire that runs inland from the River Severn to Lydney. It was opened in 1813 to trans-ship iron and coal from the Forest of Dean.

   2.4 km · Disused canal in Gloucestershire, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Lydney Town Hall

   Lydney Town Hall is a municipal structure in the High Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire, England. The structure, which is used as an events venue, is listed by the local authority as a "building of local architectural or historical interest".

   1 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Allaston

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 41 km · Cardiff (CWL), 67 km · Birmingham (BHX), 97 km

Stations

Lydney railway station, 1.7 km · Lydney Town railway station, 500 m · Norchard railway station, 1 km · Lydney Junction railway station, 1.6 km · Whitecroft railway station, 3 km

• Bristol → Allaston

  32 km · quickest by road, 1h 3m · £4–5
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• Cardiff → Allaston

  54 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £6–8
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Allaston

  93 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · £11–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for Allaston

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Allaston. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Allaston – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.