Lesley's Guidebook
Sightseeing
This is only 5 min away in car and a 15 min walk through the woods to begin the trail. Have lunch at the Speech house hotel opposite trail.
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Indlela Yezithombe Yezithombe YaseForest of Dean
Speech House RoadThis is only 5 min away in car and a 15 min walk through the woods to begin the trail. Have lunch at the Speech house hotel opposite trail.
This is a 6 min car drive. free parking. head for Mallards Pike for a coffee and sit by the lake.
New Fancy View Point
Fancy RoadThis is a 6 min car drive. free parking. head for Mallards Pike for a coffee and sit by the lake.
8 min car journey have lunch or dinner at the Saracons Head pub
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Symonds Yat Canoe Ltd
3 Ashes Ln8 min car journey have lunch or dinner at the Saracons Head pub
Puzzlewood
Perrygrove Road5 min car drive. need to book on line. Historic woods.
15 min in car excellent views
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Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
15 min in car excellent views
travel to symonds yet park in the carpark past the Saracens pub and walk to this bridge, cross over it for lovely walk along river.
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Biblins Rope Bridge
travel to symonds yet park in the carpark past the Saracens pub and walk to this bridge, cross over it for lovely walk along river.
Cannop Ponds
5 min in car or walk through woods from annexe
this is right next to Speech house hotel. go into the arboretum through gate and follow lane to next set of gates straight ahead and you are in the centre of miles of woods
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Cyril Hart Arboretum
Unnamed Roadthis is right next to Speech house hotel. go into the arboretum through gate and follow lane to next set of gates straight ahead and you are in the centre of miles of woods
this is 5 min in car where you can hire bikes. ensure you book in advance
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Pedalabikeaway
New Roadthis is 5 min in car where you can hire bikes. ensure you book in advance
this is a small town by river with quaint shops and places to eat. 20 min in car.
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Ross-on-Wye
this is a small town by river with quaint shops and places to eat. 20 min in car.
Monmouth
15 min in car with small shops cafes and restaurants
DEVILS PULPIT
lovely walk - part of the Offas Dyke trail
Cadora Woods
Stowe Roadlovely walk particularly when blue bells in April /May. 8 min in car
this is right by the Anchor pub and other places to eat opposite
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Tintern Abbey / Abaty Tyndryn
this is right by the Anchor pub and other places to eat opposite
Symonds Yat Rock
visit this and then travel down to the river
Hopewell Colliery
Speech House RoadThey do guided tours
Littledean Jail
Church Streetinteresting.....
Lydney Park Estate
Lydney Park Boulevard10 min in car
I-Centre ye-International ye-Birds of Prey
40 min in car
May Hill
lovely walk and have lunch at the glasshouse at bottom of hill
I-Clearwell Caves
The Rocks5 min in car