Clearwell Caves
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.Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Email: info@clearwellcaves.com
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: cave system in Clearwell, England
- Address: Lambsquay Road, GL16 8JR
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Puzzlewood and Clearwell Castle.
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.
Clearwell Castle
Castle
Photo: AHFilms, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 2,900 feet southwest of Clearwell Caves.
Church of St Peter, and 2 Pairs of Gate Piers with Gate
Church
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Peter, and 2 Pairs of Gate Piers with Gate is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Clearwell Caves.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clearwell and Sling.
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.
Ellwood
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Clearwell Caves
- Categories: show cave, mining museum, and tourism
- Location: Newland, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.77122° or 51° 46′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.61435° or 2° 36′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C3VQ9CP+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1951093869OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5130971
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Egyptian Arabic—“Clearwell Caves” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “京維石礦場”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف كليرويل”
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