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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
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    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.

    2 km · castle in the UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    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.

    2.9 km · cave system in Forest of Dean, England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    400 m · Grade II* listed house in Lydbrook, Forest of Dean, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Holy 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
  5. 05
    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.

    1.2 km · railway viaduct in the UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Royal 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
  7. 07
    Ruardyn 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 → Lydbrook
    43 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · £5–7
  • Cardiff → Lydbrook
    57 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £7–9
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Lydbrook
    85 km · quickest by road, 2h 9m · £10–13
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Not yet researched

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.

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

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    156 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    162 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

    504 km

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Around it

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