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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Brockweir

  

Brockweir Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Brockweir

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Brockweir history

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Brockweir is first attested in an annotation on the now lost place-name Pull Brochuail (Welsh pwll ‘pool, lake, pit’ + Welsh personal name Brochfael) in the Book of Llandaff, in a charter dated to c. 620. The weir from which the village gets its name is first documented as a gift to Monmouth Priory from Baderon, Lord of Tintern in c 1120.

Shipbuilding

Trows and barges have been built in Brockweir from at least the eighteenth century. Seagoing vessels, including brigs, schooners and barques, began to be built in the mid-1820s. The largest recorded recorded vessel was the barque Constantine, built in 1847, measuring 506 tons.

Notable residents

Flora Klickmann (1867–1958) wrote several popular books about her experiences of living in the Wye valley near Brockweir. She is buried in the churchyard of the Moravian Church.

You can visit Brockweir places with Walkfo Brockweir to hear history at Brockweir’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Brockweir has 27 places to visit in our interactive Brockweir map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Brockweir, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Brockweir places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Brockweir & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Brockweir Places Map
27 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Brockweir historic spots	Brockweir tourist destinations	Brockweir plaques	Brockweir geographic features
Walkfo Brockweir tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Brockweir

  

Best Brockweir places to visit

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Brockweir has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Brockweir’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Brockweir’s information audio spots:

Sylvan House Barn Sylvan House Barn (grid reference SO534023) is a 0.005-hectare (0.012-acre) stone built barn near the village of St Briavels, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Site was notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1995.

Church of St Oudoceus, Llandogo The Church of St Oudoceus, Llandogo, Monmouthshire is a parish church built in 1859–1861. The church is dedicated to an early Bishop of Llandaff who retired there and died there in AD 700. Designed by ecclesiastical architect John Pollard Seddon, the church has a notable painted interior.

Wyndcliff The Wyndcliff or Wyndcliffe is a steep limestone cliff rising above the western bank of the River Wye in Monmouthshire, Wales. The cliff rises to 771 feet (235 m) at its summit. The area is traversed by the Wye Valley Walk and is also a popular venue for rock climbing. Access is provided by the A466 road which passes along the valley immediately below the cliff face.

St Anne’s House, Tintern St Anne’s House, Tintern, Monmouthshire, is a house of early medieval origin which includes elements of the gatehouse and chapel of Tintern Abbey. The building was reconstructed in the mid 19th century when it was the home of John Loraine Baldwin, founder of the I Zingari Cricket Club.

Catbrook Catbrook (Welsh: Catffrwd) is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. The population in 2011 was 412.

Poor’s Allotment Poor’s Allotment (grid reference ST560990) is a 28.57-hectare (70.6-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire. The site is listed in the ‘Forest of Dean Local Plan Review’ as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS)

Ridley Bottom, Tidenham Ridley Bottom (grid reference ST563985) is a 1.1-hectare (2.7-acre) nature reserve in Gloucestershire. Site is listed in the ‘Forest of Dean Local Plan Review’ as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS)

St Briavels Castle St Briavels Castle was originally built between 1075 and 1129 as a royal administrative centre for the Forest of Dean. During the 13th century the castle became a favourite hunting lodge of King John. The castle was transferred many times between royal favourites in the 14th and 15th centuries and slowly declined in appearance and importance. It became used primarily as a court and as a notorious debtors’ prison.

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