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Pillowell
Former mining village in Gloucestershire, England

Pillowell

Pillowell is a small English village in Gloucestershire, on the south-eastern edge of the Forest of Dean.

Plan a trip to Pillowell→From Bristol

Once a mining village, much of it now lies in a conservation area.

How locals move

Getting around Pillowell the local way

  • Go nextThe bridge over the river, which opened in 1906 and replaced a ferry (which promptly went bankrupt owing to an inevitable loss of custom), is particularly fine.

From Wikivoyage: Tintern, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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