Dean Heritage Centre

The Dean Heritage Centre is located in the valley of Soudley, Gloucestershire, England in the Forest of Dean and exists to record and preserve the social and industrial history of the area and its people.

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Museum
Description: industrial heritage center and museum in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Dean Heritage Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Victoria Hotel and Cinderford War Memorial.

Victoria Hotel

Hotel building

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Victoria Hotel is a hotel building, which is situated 1½ miles east of Dean Heritage Centre.

Cinderford War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cinderford War Memorial is situated 2 miles north of Dean Heritage Centre.

The Forest High School

School

SGS Forest High School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Cinderford in the English county of Gloucestershire. The school was established as Double View Secondary Modern School on Woodville Road in Cinderford, but expanded to the current site on Causeway Road in the early-mid-1970s. The Forest High School is situated 2½ miles north of Dean Heritage Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blaize Bailey and Ruspidge.

Blaize Bailey

Locality

Blaize Bailey is a small hamlet and viewpoint on the eastern edge of the Forest of Dean, in Gloucestershire, England. The viewpoint was constructed using stone from a disused railway bridge at nearby Fetter Hill.

Ruspidge

Village

Photo: Eric Soons, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Cinderford

Town

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cinderford is a town and civil parish on the eastern fringe of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. The population was 8,777 at the 2021 Census. Cinderford is situated 2 miles north of Dean Heritage Centre.

Dean Heritage Centre

Categories: local museum, local authority museum, mining museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Ruspidge and Soudley, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.79326° or 51° 47′ 36″ north

Longitude

-2.48848° or 2° 29′ 19″ west

Open location code

9C3VQGV6+8J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 691100484

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q5246207

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Soudley School and St Michael and All Angels.

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