There’s plenty to enjoy at the Forest Model Village including a free quiz, model railway and children’s play area. The project, which opened in 2004, includes dozens of vignettes all contained within this pretty, shaded spot of the Royal Forest...

A dock at Lydney opened in the early 1800s and at its peak saw some 300,000 tons of coal exported annually from here in more than 2000 vessels. An outer harbour was completed in 1821; originally for sailing ships, it...

Taurus Crafts is a group of shops and studios which cater for all tastes. With a wide variety of crafts, gifts, toys and jewellery for sale, there’s something here for everyone. Visit the stained glass studio, the candle and soap...

Be transported to another world where hundreds of butterflies dart around their tropical home. With forty-two different species at the farm, this is a great chance to see rare and imported species from as far a field as Japan and...

Built to withstand the Welsh in the twelfth century, Berkeley Castle has a turbulent past. The fortress and the Berkeley family, its lifelong owners, have witnessed countless historical events from the first American Thanksgiving back to the murder of King...

Clearwell Caves were mined for many years for iron, and are indeed one of the oldest and most interesting pieces of industrial and social heritage in the area. The mines are no longer in action in their original form,...

The Forest of Dean is a unique and irreplaceahle gift from the past to the present. It is our privilege to enjoy it; our task to gift it to the future. The Dean Heritage Museum Trust will enrich the lives...

The Forest of Dean is one of the most ancient and beautiful woodland areas in the country, with a fascinating history. The Sculpture Trail offers a fantastic way of exploring the area, as well as to gain an understanding of...

A gallery with a variety of styles and media with regularly changing exhibitions of watercolours, pastels and oils varying from realistic local views to abstract expressionist. An established and successful professional artist, Pat works from her small studio and gallery...

Edward Jenner is one of the most famous and influential medical scientists ever to have lived in this country and a great deal of the research that he was involved with is seen as a benchmark for the modern profession....

The fine moated castle at St Briavels was a hunting lodge for King John. The castle was founded in the 12th Century and was once the residence of the Constable of the Royal Forest of Dean and the main administrative...

The Church of St Mary the Virgin in St Briavels was built by 13th Century Normans. The church, probably on an earlier Celtic site, was built of local Forest stone. Inside is some stonework of note; in the South aisle...

This community museum has been operating since 1986 and carries an extensive range of local history artefacts and documents. One of the central collections at the museum is based around the oral history and collects together stories from the...