Lydbrook
Lydbrook is a civil parish in the Forest of Dean, a local government district in the English county of Gloucestershire and is located in the Wye Valley.

Lydbrook is a civil parish in the Forest of Dean, a local government district in the English county of Gloucestershire and is located in the Wye Valley. It is on the north west edge of the Forest of Dean's present legal boundary proper. It comprises the districts of Lower Lydbrook, Upper Lydbrook, Joys Green and Worrall Hill. It has a mile and a half long high street, reputed to be the longest high street of any village in England.
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Worth seeing in and around Lydbrook
7 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.
- 01English 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.
2 km · castle in the UK · Wikipedia - 02Slaughter 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.
2.9 km · cave system in Forest of Dean, England · Wikipedia - 03Sarah 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.
400 m · Grade II* listed house in Lydbrook, Forest of Dean, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Holy Jesus' Church, Lydbrook
Holy Jesus Church at Lydbrook is a Church of England parish church in the English county of Gloucestershire.
300 m · grade II listed church in Lydbrook, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Lower 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.
1.2 km · railway viaduct in the UK · Wikipedia - 06Royal Forest of Dean College
Royal Forest of Dean College was a college of further education located close to the town of Coleford, in the Forest of Dean in west Gloucestershire. It was dissolved by government order as of 31 January 2011 in order to be merged to Gloucestershire College.
3.8 km · further education college (defunct) school in Coleford, Gloucestershire, England · Wikipedia - 07Ruardyn Castle
Ruardyn Castle was a manor house in the village of Ruardean. Its ruins have been scheduled as an ancient monument.
2.8 km · castle in the UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Lydbrook
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 52 km · Cardiff (CWL), 72 km · Birmingham (BHX), 89 km
- Stations
- Kerne Bridge railway station, 3.8 km · Drybrook Road railway station, 3.2 km
- Bristol → Lydbrook43 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · £5–7
- Cardiff → Lydbrook57 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £7–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Lydbrook85 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £10–13
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No local-transport research exists yet for Lydbrook
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 Lydbrook. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Lydbrook – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Lydbrook
Lydbrook is 43 km from Bristol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- English Bicknorvillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK2 km
- Drybrookvillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK2.6 km
- Ruardeanvillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK2.6 km
- Welsh Bicknorvillage and civil parish in Herefordshire, United Kingdom1.8 km
- Ruardean Woodsidevillage in Gloucestershire, England, UK2.7 km
- Brierleyhamlet in Gloucestershire, England, UK2.5 km