The Ridge Sand
The Ridge Sand is in Lydney, Forest of Dean, England. The Ridge Sand is situated nearby to the disaster remains Purton Hulks, as well as near the village Sharpness.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Purton Hulks and Berkeley Arms, Purton.
Purton Hulks
Disaster remains
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Purton Hulks or Purton Ships' Graveyard is a number of abandoned boats and ships, deliberately beached beside the River Severn near Purton in Gloucestershire, England, to reinforce the river banks. Purton Hulks is situated 2,900 feet northeast of The Ridge Sand.
Berkeley Arms, Purton
Pub
Photo: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Berkeley Arms is a public house at Purton, Gloucestershire GL13 9HU. The pub is owned by the Berkeley Castle Estate, under whose ownership it has been closed seeking a new tenant since August 2020. Berkeley Arms, Purton is situated 1 mile northeast of The Ridge Sand.
Church of All Saints
Church
Photo: Dave Bushell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of All Saints is situated 2 miles northwest of The Ridge Sand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Purton and Purton.
Purton
Hamlet
Photo: Jim Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purton is a hamlet on the west bank of the River Severn, in the civil parish of Lydney in Gloucestershire, England. It lies opposite the village of Purton near Berkeley on the east bank of the river.
Purton
Village
Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Purton is a village on the east bank of the River Severn, 3 miles north of Berkeley, in Gloucestershire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Hinton.
Sharpness
Village
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sharpness is a port in the civil parish of Hinton, in the Stroud district, in Gloucestershire, England, one of the most inland in Britain, and eighth largest in the South West England region.
The Ridge Sand
- Type: Sand
- Category: landform
- Location: Lydney, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.73245° or 51° 43′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.46948° or 2° 28′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C3VPGJJ+X6OpenStreetMap ID
way 31978147OpenStreetMap feature
natural=sand
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