Visit St Briavels Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in St Briavels

  

St Briavels Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about St Briavels

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St Briavels history

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The hundred of St Briavels is the largest in the Forest of Dean and its boundaries approximate to the Forest boundaries. The name is thought to be from a much-travelled early Christian missionary, Brioc, whose name also appears in places as far afield as Cornwall and Brittany. At Windward, the highest point in the parish, the land rises to 800 feet (240 m) above sea level.

Freemining

In the Middle Ages, local miners were highly valued for their digging skills during military campaigns. King Edward I granted ‘Free-Mining’ status to all Forest of Dean coal and ore miners. Other peculiarities to the area include the ancient right for ‘sheep badgers’ to let their flocks roam freely.

You can visit St Briavels places with Walkfo St Briavels to hear history at St Briavels’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo St Briavels has 19 places to visit in our interactive St Briavels 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 St Briavels, 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 St Briavels places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to St Briavels & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 19 audio facts unique to St Briavels places in an interactive St Briavels map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit St Briavels Places Map
19 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best St Briavels places to visit

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

Tudor Farm Bank Tudor Farm Bank (grid reference SO573081) is a 3.68-hectare (9.1-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1999.

Clearwell Castle Clearwell Castle in Clearwell, Gloucestershire, was built by Thomas Wyndham to the designs of Roger Morris in 1727. It is the earliest Georgian Gothic Revival castle in England predating better-known examples such as Strawberry Hill House by over twenty years.

Slade Brook Slade Brook (grid reference SO564055) is a 3.63-hectare (9.0-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 2003.

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.

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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