Top Things to do in Forest of Dean
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What to do and see in Forest of Dean, England: The Best Sights & Landmarks
Discover the best top things to do in Forest of Dean, United Kingdom including The International Centre for Birds of Prey, St Mary's Church, Hopewell Colliery, All Saints Church, St Mary's Church, Clearwell Caves, Elton Farm Maize Mazes, Cinderbury Iron Age Farm, Elton Carp Lakes, St Nicholas Church.
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1. The International Centre for Birds of Prey
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1,492 reviews
Home to over 230 birds of prey with 3 flying demonstrations a day, come and enjoy the Centre as visitors have been doing for more than 50 years. Explore the gardens and woodland, grab a bite to eat in the cafe and see everything from Pygmy Falcons to Steller's Sea Eagles! COVID Changes - please note that we have restrictions in place. All tickets must be purchased through our website and we have temporarily changed our flying demonstrations to 12pm and 3:30pm.
Reviewed By gailsp - London, United Kingdom
Best flying show I have seen, really interesting education about the birds and very passionate people, the birds welfare is a priority and they do some great work - we loved it so much we stayed for the second flights, highlight was the Sea Eagle in flight and the Burrowing Owl and the x4 kites flying together, peregrine was amazingly fast and the European owl so silent, vultures too were fascinating, highly recommend for everyone - food was good too at the cafe and locally sourced and rubbish recycled. Do go along and support them as I imagine it is very expensive to run, they do rescue work as well and breeding programme for the endangered species.
2. St Mary's Church
3. Hopewell Colliery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 295 reviews
Reviewed By whiteleybob - Fareham, United Kingdom
Fascinating one hour tour with a short walk down the pit. Very informative and insightful. Couldn’t fault Richard who was our patient guide (and also a miner) - a real character with a great sense of humour. Loved it. Great cafe too.
4. All Saints Church
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5.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By freddiedoncaster
We called in to have a look round whilst visiting the Forest of Dean. Very well maintained with grand architecture, this church has to be a credit to Coleford.
5. St Mary's Church
6. Clearwell Caves
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,052 reviews
While discovering the Forest of Dean, go beneath the Forest floor and discover a whole new world. This is a natural cave system mined for ochre pigments and iron ore for over 4,500 years. Nine caverns have now been opened to visitors, with exciting displays, on your journey through. The Lamp Room Cafe serves delicious cakes, soups, coffees and snacks. There's a great Gift Shop with studio ceramics, jewellery, gems and gifts; a picnic and children's play area. The Cafe, Gift shop and play area, can also be visited separately from the Caves. Nice walks over the surrounding common land (Clearwell Meend). Plenty of free parking. Exciting special events through the year, including underground music and theatre. Try the adventure caving, to the lower levels - check website for dates. Discover the Wonder of Under.
Reviewed By powdies - Bristol, United Kingdom
We went on a rainy weekday afternoon in term time and were lucky enough to have the caves to ourselves throughout our visit. A fascinating self-guided tour through tunnels and caves (part natural, part mined) with a history of local iron-mining given on signboards along the route and effective audiovisual effects and display artefacts. The projection mapping at skeleton pool is stunning. The caves were all the more atmospheric for being crowd-free. Cool underground, so sensible shoes and warm clothing required. Well worth the visit.
7. Elton Farm Maize Mazes
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 47 reviews
Elton Farm Mazes incorporates 3 themed maize mazes covering 12 acres and the activity maze covering 1 acre. Within each maze there is a quiz to complete, lookout towers and endless paths to get lost within. The activity maze includes many activities including a spiders web, balancing beams and a climbing wall to keep the children entertained for hours. At the maze site there are plenty of picnic benches, many courtyard games and hot/cold drinks and snacks.
Reviewed By LBEN25 - Bristol, United Kingdom
The entrance is a little dishevelled and looks as if it would benefit from a spruce up but that aside the Activities Maze was truly excellent fun. We did it as a group of adults and older teenagers and had an absolute blast. You definitely need to wear old clothes and be happy to get a little grubby but it was such good fun. We did not stop laughing from the time we climbed up the first tower to the moment that we slid down the slide on the last obstacle. A great way to spend a few hours.
8. Cinderbury Iron Age Farm
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1.0 based on 1 reviews
9. Elton Carp Lakes
Elton Carp lakes are two popular mature purpose-built carp fishing lakes, near Newnham on Severn. We welcome anglers from Gloucestershire and beyond to our lovely lakes.
10. St Nicholas Church
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
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