Saint Briavels

St Briavels, is a medium-sized village and civil parish in the Royal Forest of Dean in west Gloucestershire, England; close to the England-Wales border, and 5 miles south of Coleford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Mary and Clearwell Castle.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Roy Parkhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clearwell Castle in Clearwell, the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, is a Gothic Revival house constructed from 1727. Built by Thomas Wyndham to the designs of Roger Morris, it is the earliest Georgian Gothic Revival castle in England predating better-known examples such as Strawberry Hill House by over twenty years. Clearwell Castle is situated 2½ miles north of Saint Briavels.

Church of St Mary Magdalen

Church

Photo: Stuart Wilding, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bigsweir and Hewelsfield.

Bigsweir

Locality

Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bigsweir is a locality.

Hewelsfield

Village

Photo: Stuart Wilding, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hewelsfield is a village in Hewelsfield and Brockweir civil parish, in the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire, England. The village is located 6 miles south of Coleford and 5 miles north-east of Chepstow, close to the Wye valley and partly within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Llandogo

Village

Photo: andy dolman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llandogo is a small village in Monmouthshire, south Wales, between Monmouth and Chepstow in the lower reaches of the Wye Valley AONB, two miles north of Tintern. Llandogo is situated 2 miles west of Saint Briavels.

Saint Briavels

Type: Locality
Location: St Briavels, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.73556° or 51° 44′ 8″ north

Longitude

-2.64111° or 2° 38′ 28″ west

Elevation

738 feet (225 metres)

Open location code

9C3VP9P5+6H

GeoNames ID

2638844

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Briavels Castle and Hart Hill.

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