Stowe

Stowe is a hamlet in Newland, Forest of Dean, England. Stowe is situated nearby to the hamlet Wyegate Green, as well as near Mork.

Places of Interest

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.

Puzzlewood

Forest

Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 2 miles northeast of Stowe.

Clearwell Caves

Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 1½ miles northeast of Stowe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Briavels and Clearwell.

St Briavels

Village

Photo: Roy Parkhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Clearwell

Village

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sling is a village in Gloucestershire, England. The village is located between Clearwell and Bream. It is just south of the village of Milkwall. Sling is situated 1½ miles northeast of Stowe.

Stowe

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Newland, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.75452° or 51° 45′ 16″ north

Longitude

-2.63868° or 2° 38′ 19″ west

Elevation

614 feet (187 metres)

Open location code

9C3VQ936+RG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 347413007

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13281994

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