Hope Wood

Hope Wood is a forest in Mitcheldean, Forest of Dean, England. Hope Wood is situated nearby to the locality Church Farm, as well as near the village Abenhall.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Plump Hill Dolomite Quarry and Welshbury Hill.

Plump Hill Dolomite Quarry

Nature reserve

Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plump Hill Dolomite Quarry is a 4.5-hectare nature reserve in Gloucestershire in the Forest of Dean. The site is managed by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and held under agreement with the Forestry Commission since 1982.

Welshbury Hill

Archaeological site

Welshbury Hill is an Iron Age hill fort near Mitcheldean in Gloucestershire, England. It is thought to have been built by Celts and dates back to 1600 BC.

Church of St Michael and All Angels

Church

Photo: Roger Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cinderford and Abenhall.

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.

Abenhall

Village

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abenhall is a small village in the civil parish of Mitcheldean, in the Forest of Dean district of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the road between Mitcheldean and Flaxley in the Forest of Dean.