Lydney
Lydney is a town in Gloucestershire on the north bank of the Severn estuary, 9 miles from the Welsh border at Chepstow. It grew up as a small port in the 18th and 19th century, and in 2011 its population was 8766.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lydney Railway Station and Lydney Town Hall.
Lydney Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Roger Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydney railway station is a railway station serving the town of Lydney in Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the Gloucester-Newport line, 133 miles 37 chains from the zero point at Paddington, measured via Stroud.
Lydney Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lydney Town Hall is a municipal structure in the High Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire, England. The structure, which is used as an events venue, is listed by the local authority as a "building of local architectural or historical interest".
Lydney Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lydney Junction railway station is a railway station near Lydney in Gloucestershire. The station is now the southern terminus of the Dean Forest Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berkeley and Bream.
Berkeley
Photo: Robin Poitou, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Berkeley is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is perhaps best known as the location of Berkeley Castle, a medieval fortress witness to many of the significant developments in British history, and as the birthplace and home of Edward Jenner, the inventor of inoculation.
Bream
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bream is a village in the Forest of Dean, west Gloucestershire, England. The village is located near the Lyd river and within the Forest of Dean coalfield. In 2025, the population was approximately 4,812. Bream is situated 3 miles northwest of Lydney.
Lydney
- Type: Locality
- Location: Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7213° or 51° 43′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.527° or 2° 31′ 37″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
9C3VPFCF+G6GeoNames ID
7293594
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