Forest of Dean
The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and northwest, Herefordshire to the north, the River Severn to the south, and the City of Gloucester to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Parkend railway station and Church of St.Paul.
Parkend railway station
Railway station
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Parkend railway station is located in the village of Parkend, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. It is currently the northern terminus of the Dean Forest Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruspidge and Parkend.
Ruspidge
Village
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Ruspidge is a village in the civil parish of Ruspidge and Soudley, in the Forest of Dean district of west Gloucestershire, England. The civil parish includes Soudley It is located near the town of Cinderford and in the Forest of Dean.
Parkend
Village
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Parkend is a village, located at the foot of the Cannop Valley, in the Royal Forest of Dean, West Gloucestershire, England, and has a history dating back to the early 17th century.
Yorkley
Village
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Yorkley is a village in west Gloucestershire, England. The village includes the settlement of Yorkley Slade to the east. Yorkley is situated between the villages of Pillowell and Oldcroft.
Forest of Dean
- Type: Area
- Description: geographical, historical and cultural region in Gloucestershire, England
- Categories: cultural region, royal forest, and forest
- Location: Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Forest of Dean” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Deango basoa”
- Catalan: “bosc de Dean”
- Catalan: “Forest of Dean”
- Cebuano: “Forest of Dean (lasang sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
- Cebuano: “Forest of Dean”
- Chinese: “迪恩森林”
- Czech: “Deanovský les”
- Danish: “Forest of Dean”
- Dutch: “Forest of Dean”
- French: “forêt de Dean”
- French: “Forêt de Dean”
- Galician: “Bosque de Dean”
- German: “Dean-Forest”
- German: “Forest of Dean”
- German: “Royal Forest of Dean”
- German: “Wald von Dean”
- Hebrew: “יער דין”
- Hungarian: “Deani erdő”
- Hungarian: “Deani-erdő”
- Indonesian: “Hutan Dean”
- Irish: “Foraois Dean”
- Italian: “Forest of Dean”
- Italian: “foresta di Dean”
- Italian: “Foresta di Dean”
- Japanese: “ディーンの森”
- Japanese: “フォレスト・オブ・ディーン”
- Latin: “Danubiae Silva”
- Latin: “Denaea Sylva”
- Latin: “Foresta de Dena”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Deanskogen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forest of Dean”
- Norwegian: “Deanskogen”
- Persian: “جنگل دین”
- Polish: “Forest of Dean”
- Portuguese: “Floresta de Dean”
- Russian: “Дин”
- Russian: “Лес Дина”
- Spanish: “Bosque de Dean”
- Swedish: “Forest of Dean (skog i Storbritannien)”
- Swedish: “Forest of Dean”
- Ukrainian: “Ліс Діна”
- Welsh: “Fforest y Ddena”
- Welsh: “Forest of Dean”
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