Rookery Wood
Rookery Wood is a forest in Slimbridge, Stroud District, England. Rookery Wood is situated nearby to the locality Frampton Breakwater, as well as near the village Slimbridge.Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John the Evangelist and Purton Hulks.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berkeley and Breadstone.
Berkeley
Photo: Robin Poitou, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Berkeley is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is perhaps best known as the location of Berkeley Castle, a medieval fortress witness to many of the significant developments in British history, and as the birthplace and home of Edward Jenner, the inventor of inoculation.
Breadstone
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Breadstone is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hamfallow, in the Stroud district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 1931, the parish had a population of 95.
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.
Rookery Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Slimbridge, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.7391° or 51° 44′ 21″ northLongitude
-2.4114° or 2° 24′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C3VPHQQ+JCOpenStreetMap ID
way 566132555OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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