English Bicknor
English Bicknor is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean district of west Gloucestershire, England.

English Bicknor is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean district of west Gloucestershire, England. The 2011 Census recorded the population as 408. The village is near the county boundary with Herefordshire, opposite which is the village of Welsh Bicknor. The two villages are on opposite sides of the River Wye.
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Worth seeing in and around English Bicknor
10 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.
- 01Wye Valley
The Wye Valley is a valley in Wales and England. The River Wye is the fourth-longest river in the United Kingdom.
3.7 km · National Landscape and Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales and England · Wikipedia - 02English Bicknor Castle
English Bicknor Castle was a castle in the village of English Bicknor in Gloucestershire, England. The castle was built in the 11th century as a motte and bailey design, although some suggest a later construction date in the early 12th century.
100 m · castle in the UK · Wikipedia - 03Lady Park Wood National Nature Reserve
Lady Park Wood National Nature Reserve is a 45-hectare nature reserve straddling the borders of Gloucestershire in England and Monmouthshire in Wales. Most of the wood is in Wales – where it forms Wales' easternmost point – but it is managed under agreement with Natural England.
3.7 km · Fforest and nature park mostly in Monmouthshire, Wales (part in England) · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Giles
St Giles' Church, Goodrich, Herefordshire, England is an Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Hereford. The church dates from the 13th century, although almost all of the current building is of the 14th century, or from the 19th century restoration.
3.5 km · church in Herefordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Biblins Bridge
Biblins Bridge is a footbridge which crosses the River Wye between England and Wales, near Symonds Yat. The present structure dates from 1957, although there has been a crossing at this point since the early 20th century.
3.4 km · bridge in Wye Valley, spanning England and Wales, UK · Wikipedia - 06King Arthur's Cave
King Arthur's Cave is a limestone cave at the foot of a low cliff at the north-western end of Lord's Wood in The Doward, near Symonds Yat, Herefordshire, about four miles northeast of Monmouth, in the Wye Valley. The cave entrance lies about 285 feet above the River Wye on a hill, with a double interconnected entrance and two main chambers.
3.6 km · cave in Herefordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Slaughter Stream Cave
Slaughter Stream Cave, also known as Wet Sink, is a cave system in the Wye Valley, Forest of Dean. A series of fixed ladders and two pitches lead to sporting streamways, sandy crawls and fossil passages.
1.9 km · cave system in Forest of Dean, England · Wikipedia - 08Sarah Siddons House The Old House
Sarah Siddons' House, also called the Old House, is a cottage in the village of Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England. A Grade II* listed building, the cottage was reputedly the childhood home of the actor Sarah Siddons.
1.7 km · Grade II* listed house in Lydbrook, Forest of Dean, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Holy Jesus' Church, Lydbrook
Holy Jesus Church at Lydbrook is a Church of England parish church in the English county of Gloucestershire.
2.3 km · grade II listed church in Lydbrook, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Lower Lydbrook Viaduct
The Lower Lydbrook Viaduct was an iron railway viaduct with stone piers, it was on the Severn and Wye Railway and situated in Lower Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, England. The viaduct, situated at the bottom of the Lydbrook Valley where it meets the Wye Valley, consisted of five stone arches and three wrought iron lattice truss girders.
1.9 km · railway viaduct in the UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to English Bicknor
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 51 km · Cardiff (CWL), 71 km · Birmingham (BHX), 90 km
- Stations
- Kerne Bridge railway station, 3.4 km
- Bristol → English Bicknor42 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · £5–7
- Cardiff → English Bicknor55 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · £7–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → English Bicknor87 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £10–14
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No local-transport research exists yet for English Bicknor
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 English Bicknor. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to English Bicknor
English Bicknor is 43 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Lydbrookvillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK2 km
- Goodrichvillage and civil parish in Herefordshire, England3.7 km
- Whitchurchvillage and civil parish in Herefordshire, United Kingdom3.1 km
- Welsh Bicknorvillage and civil parish in Herefordshire, United Kingdom2.4 km
- Symonds Yatvillage on the Gloucestershire/Herefordshire border in United Kingdom2.6 km
- Berry Hillvillage in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom3 km