Things to do, places to visit
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Activities
ButtonGo Ape - Mallards Pike
Phone: 01603 895500
www.goape.co.uk
Forest Bikes Coleford
Phone: 01594 836060
Dean Forest Cycles
Phone: 01594 368009
Wye Dean Canoe centre, Symonds Yat
Phone: 01600 891376
www.wyedean.co.uk
Dean Forest Railway
Phone: 01594 845840
www.deanforestrailway.co.uk
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Places to visit in the Forest of Dean
ButtonSymonds Yat viewpoint
Dean Heritage Centre
Mallards Pike Lake
Beechenhurst Lodge and Sculpture trail
Cyril Heart Arboretum
Clearwell Caves
The Golden Mile and Roman Road
The church at Newland known as the "Cathedral in the Forest"
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Activities
ButtonPedal a bike away at Cannop
Phone:01594 860065
Off road driving course
Phone: 01594 834666
Http://whitecliff4x4.co.uk
Shooting and archery
Phone: 01594 833940
www.dbcleisure.co.uk
Rock climbing
www.summitmountaineering.com
Forest hills Golf Club
Phone: 01594 810620
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Historic places of interest
ButtonTintern Abbey and Old Station (25 mins)
Gloucester Cathedral (35 mins drive)
Hereford Cathedral (35 mins drive)
Gloucester quays - old docks and outlet shopping centre
Caerleon Roman Amphitheatre and Museum
Chepstow castle
Various National Trust, English Heritage and Cadw monuments
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Birdlife and Wildlife
ButtonRSPB Peregrine Falcon viewpoint at Symonds Yat Rock
RSPB Nags Head
New Fancy view point - Parkend - Goshawk viewing
Throughout the Forest - fallow deer, muntjac deer, wild boar
Food shops
Local corner shop/newsagent - The Dairy (1.25 miles)
Supermarkets:
Coleford (2.5 miles)
Lidl, Co-op, Tesco Local
Lydney (9 miles)
Co-op, Tesco
Monmouth (9 miles)
Lidl, Waitrose, Marks and Spencer
Ross on Wye (8 miles)
Morrisons, Aldi, Sainsbury's