Ship Rock
Ship Rock is in English Bicknor, Forest of Dean, England. Ship Rock is situated nearby to Wild Woods Centre, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Symonds Yat Rock.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Merlin’s Cave, Great Doward and The Saracens Head Inn.
Merlin’s Cave, Great Doward
Cave
Photo: Peter Dean, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Merlin’s Cave, Great Doward is situated 1 mile west of Ship Rock.
The Saracens Head Inn
Guest house
Photo: David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Saracens Head Inn is a guest house, which is situated 3,300 feet west of Ship Rock.
Slaughter Stream Cave
Cave
Slaughter Stream Cave, also known as Wet Sink, is a cave system in the Wye Valley, Forest of Dean. A series of fixed ladders and two pitches lead to sporting streamways, sandy crawls and fossil passages. Slaughter Stream Cave is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Ship Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Doward and Lady Park Wood National Nature Reserve.
The Doward
Hamlet
The Doward, is an area in the parish of Whitchurch in south Herefordshire, England, consisting of the hills of Little Doward and Great Doward and extensive woodland.
Lady Park Wood National Nature Reserve
Locality
Photo: Jonathan Kington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lady Park Wood National Nature Reserve is a 45-hectare nature reserve straddling the borders of Gloucestershire in England and Monmouthshire in Wales. Most of the wood is in Wales – where it forms Wales' easternmost point – but it is managed under agreement with Natural England. Lady Park Wood National Nature Reserve is situated 1½ miles southwest of Ship Rock.
Welsh Bicknor
Village
Photo: Richard Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Welsh Bicknor is an area in the far south of the county of Herefordshire, England. It lies within a loop of the River Wye and covers 8,502 acres. The area was historically a detached parish of the Welsh county of Monmouthshire. Welsh Bicknor is situated 2 miles northeast of Ship Rock.
Ship Rock
- Type: Rock
- Category: landform
- Location: English Bicknor, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.83783° or 51° 50′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.62428° or 2° 37′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C3VR9QG+47OpenStreetMap ID
node 2342057132OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rock
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