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English Bicknor

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

English Bicknor
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Wye 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
  2. 02
    English 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
  3. 03
    Lady 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
  4. 04
    Church 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
  5. 05
    Biblins 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
  6. 06
    King 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
  7. 07
    Slaughter 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
  8. 08
    Sarah 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
  9. 09
    Holy 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
  10. 10
    Lower 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 Bicknor
    42 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · £5–7
  • Cardiff → English Bicknor
    55 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · £7–9
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → English Bicknor
    87 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £10–14
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Not yet researched

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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    157 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    160 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    448 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    484 km
  5. 05
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    503 km

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Around it

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