Ruardean

Worth seeing in and around Ruardean

6 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
   Lea Bailey Light Railway

   The Lea Bailey Light Railway is a 2 ft narrow-gauge heritage railway in the United Kingdom. It is built on the site of the Bailey Level Gold Mine.

   3 km · Heritage light railway in England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   2.8 km · Grade II* listed house in Lydbrook, Forest of Dean, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Cinderford Canal

   The Cinderford Canal was a private canal, opened in about 1797, in Gloucestershire, England, which was used to provide coke and water to Cinderford Ironworks.

   3.9 km · private canal in Gloucestershire, England · 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.

   2.5 km · 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.

   2.7 km · railway viaduct in the UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Ruardyn Castle

   Ruardyn Castle was a manor house in the village of Ruardean. Its ruins have been scheduled as an ancient monument.

   400 m · castle in the UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Ruardean

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 54 km · Cardiff (CWL), 75 km · Birmingham (BHX), 86 km

Stations

Drybrook Road railway station, 3.2 km

• Bristol → Ruardean

  45 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £5–7
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• Cardiff → Ruardean

  60 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · £7–9
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Ruardean

  83 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · £10–13
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