Horwell Hill

Horwell Hill is a locality in West Dean, Forest of Dean, England. Horwell Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Bream Meend, as well as near Clement’s Tump.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Puzzlewood and Whitecroft railway station.

Puzzlewood

Forest

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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 northwest of Horwell Hill.

Whitecroft railway station

Railway station

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Whitecroft & Bream railway station is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway.

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. Clearwell Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of Horwell Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bream and Little Drybrook.

Bream

Village

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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.