Stow Green

Stow Green is a castle in St Briavels, Forest of Dean, England. Stow Green is situated nearby to the village Clearwell, as well as near Sling.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Clearwell Castle and Puzzlewood.

Clearwell Castle

Castle

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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 1 mile northeast of Stow Green.

Puzzlewood

Forest

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Puzzlewood is an ancient woodland site and tourist attraction, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The site, covering 14 acres, shows evidence of open-cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier. Puzzlewood is situated 1½ miles northeast of Stow Green.

Clearwell Caves

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Clearwell Caves, at Clearwell in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, is a natural cave system which has been extensively mined for iron ore. It now operates primarily as a working mining museum. Clearwell Caves is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Stow Green.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clearwell and Sling.

Clearwell

Village

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Clearwell is a village and former ancient manor in the Forest of Dean, West Gloucestershire, England. Situated 3 miles south of Coleford and 2.5 miles east of the Welsh border, a recent survey indicated that the population of Clearwell is approximately 350.

Sling

Village

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Sling is a village in Gloucestershire, England. The village is located between Clearwell and Bream. It is just south of the village of Milkwall.

Ellwood

Village

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Ellwood is a hamlet in the Forest of Dean district in Gloucestershire, England. It lies around 3 kilometres south-east of Coleford. The hamlet has a football club Ellwood F.C. who play at Bromley Road. Ellwood is situated 2 miles northeast of Stow Green.

Stow Green

Type: Castle
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: St Briavels, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.75495° or 51° 45′ 18″ north

Longitude

-2.63261° or 2° 37′ 57″ west

Elevation

600 feet (183 metres)

Open location code

9C3VQ938+XX

GeoNames ID

6286316

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