Close-Turf Farm

Close-Turf Farm is a farm in Newland, Forest of Dean, England. Close-Turf Farm is situated nearby to the forest Wet Wood, as well as near Noxon Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Clearwell Castle and Clearwell Caves.

Clearwell Castle

Castle

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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 Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of Close-Turf Farm.

Clearwell Caves

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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. Clearwell Caves is situated 2 miles north of Close-Turf Farm.

Church of St Mary

Church

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Church of St Mary is situated 1½ miles west of Close-Turf Farm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bream and St Briavels.

Bream

Village

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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.

St Briavels

Village

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St Briavels, is a medium-sized village and civil parish in the Royal Forest of Dean in west Gloucestershire, England; close to the England-Wales border, and 5 miles south of Coleford. St Briavels is situated 1½ miles west of Close-Turf Farm.