St James

St James is a church in West Dean, Forest of Dean, England. St James is situated near the sports venue Bream Sports Club, as well as near Bream Post Office.

Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church in Bream, Gloucestershire

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Whitecroft railway station and Parkend railway station.

Whitecroft railway station

Railway station

Photo: Gareth James, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitecroft & Bream railway station is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway. Whitecroft railway station is situated 1¼ miles east of St James.

Parkend railway station

Railway station

Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Parkend railway station is located in the village of Parkend, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. It is currently the northern terminus of the Dean Forest Railway. Parkend railway station is situated 2 miles northeast of St James.

Norchard railway station

Railway station

Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Norchard is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway, near Lydney in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Norchard is the main station of the Dean Forest Railway. Norchard railway station is situated 2 miles southeast of St James.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bream and Brockhollands.

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.

Brockhollands

Hamlet

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brockhollands is a hamlet located in the Forest of Dean. It lies between the village of Bream and the town of Lydney in Gloucestershire. It is an obscure and small area with around 30 houses and is relatively unknown even in the local area.