Gloucestershire
Forest of Dean
Drybrook

Drybrook

Drybrook is a village and civil parish in the in west , England. Drybrook has about 1,650 residents.
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  • Type: Village with 1,650 residents
  • Description: village in Gloucestershire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Drybrook, Gloucestershire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of the Holy Trinity and Plump Hill Dolomite Quarry.

Church
Photo: Roger Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nature reserve
Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 4.5-hectare nature reserve in in the . The site is managed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and held under agreement with the Forestry Commission since 1982.

Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a 2 ft narrow-gauge heritage railway in the United Kingdom. It is built on the site of the Bailey Level Gold Mine. An attempt was made in 2003 by the owners of to open the mine as a tourist attraction, but this was ultimately unsuccessful.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harrow Hill and Steam Mills.

Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village situated in the in , England. It is contiguous with the larger village of Drybrook. Originally, the village was known as Harry Hill.

Hamlet
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the , west , England. During the 18th and 19th centuries there were local coal mines and a steam-powered mill, which lead to the name of the village.

Hamlet
Photo: Stuart Wilding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in Gloucestershire, England, located in the and tucked away behind and . There is a and a village hall. The Roebuck was the last of the local pubs to close.

Drybrook

Latitude
51.85581° or 51° 51′ 21″ north
Longitude
-2.51782° or 2° 31′ 4″ west
Population
1,650
Elevation
636 feet (194 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB RRK
Open location code
9C3VVF4J+8V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 256793413
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2650901
Wiki­data ID
Q2278670
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Drybrook” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Drybrook”
  • Cebuano: “Drybrook”
  • Dutch: “Drybrook”
  • French: “Drybrook”
  • Irish: “Drybrook”
  • Italian: “Drybrook”
  • Ladin: “Drybrook”
  • Polish: “Drybrook”
  • Portuguese: “Drybrook”
  • Spanish: “Drybrook”
  • Swedish: “Drybrook”
  • Welsh: “Drybrook”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Drybrook Post Office and Drybrook Primary School.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Drybrook”. Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.