Wildlife Area

Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Coleford, Forest of Dean, England. Wildlife Area is situated nearby to the hamlet Poolway, as well as near the town Coleford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Puzzlewood and Clearwell Caves.

Puzzlewood

Forest

Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Puzzlewood is an ancient woodland site and tourist attraction, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The site, covering 14 acres, shows evidence of open-cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier.

Clearwell Caves

Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Coleford Great Western Railway Museum

Museum

Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coleford Great Western Railway Museum is a railway museum located in Coleford, Gloucestershire, England. The museum was founded in 1988. Based in the former GWR Goods Shed along the Coleford Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forest of Dean and Berry Hill.

Forest of Dean

Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and northwest, Herefordshire to the north, the River Severn to the south, and the City of Gloucester to the east.

Berry Hill

Village

Photo: Forester, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Berry Hill is a village in Gloucestershire, England, 1.5 miles north of the town of Coleford. Berry Hill includes the settlements of Five Acres to the east, Christchurch in the centre, Shortstanding to the north, and Joyford to the north-east.