Puzzlewood
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.Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Reiner Tegtmeyer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours:
July—August: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
September—October: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
November: 10:00 AM—4:30 PM - Type: Forest
- Description: ancient woodland site, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
- Also known as: “Puzlwood”
- Address: Perrygrove Road, Coleford, GL16 8QB
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest
Highlights include Clearwell Castle and Clearwell Caves.
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 Caves
Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Perrygrove Railway
Perrygrove Railway is a minimum-gauge railway of 15 in gauge. It is located at Perrygrove Farm in the Forest of Dean, near Coleford, Gloucestershire, England.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forest of Dean and Bream.
Forest of Dean
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Bream
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Berry Hill
Village
Photo: Forester, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Berry Hill is a village in Gloucestershire, England, 1.5 miles north of the town of Coleford. Berry Hill includes the settlements of Five Acres to the east, Christchurch in the centre, Shortstanding to the north, and Joyford to the north-east.
Puzzlewood
- Categories: ancient woodland, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Coleford, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.7774° or 51° 46′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.6149° or 2° 36′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C3VQ9GP+X2OpenStreetMap ID
way 184612107OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q537807
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Puzzlewood” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Пазлвуд”
- Catalan: “Puzzlewood”
- Chinese: “拼圖木”
- Danish: “Puzzlewood”
- Hungarian: “Puzzlewood”
- Japanese: “パズルウッド”
- Russian: “Пазлвуд”
- Ukrainian: “Пазлвуд”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Puzzlewood and Perrygrove railway station.
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