Things to do in Forest Of Dean
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Puzzle Wood
If you're travelling with children, this wonderful forest playground is a must. An overgrown pre-Roman, open-cast ore mine, it has a maze of paths, weird rock formations, tangled vines and eerie passageways and offers a real sense of discovery. Puzzle Wood is 1 mile south of Coleford on the B4228.
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Garden Cafe
An award-winning organic cafe on the banks of the River Wye, this place is set in a converted malt house and surrounded by a beautiful walled garden. The food is all seasonal and locally sourced, with vegetables from the cafe's garden. Monday night is tapas night (set menu £10).
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Dean Heritage Centre
For an insight into the history of the forest since the Ice Age, this entertaining museum looks at everything from the forest's geology to Roman occupation, medieval hunting laws, free mining, cottage crafts and industrial coal mining. There's also a reconstructed forest home, adventure playground and art gallery on site.
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Clearwell Caves
Mined for iron ore for more than 4000 years, these caves are a warren of passageways, caverns and pools that help explain the forest's history of mining. There is also a blacksmith's workshop and the possibility of deep-level caving for small groups. The caves are signposted off the B4228 a mile south of Coleford.
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All Saints
In Newland, you can visit the 'Cathedral of the Forest', the 13th-century All Saints church, which was restored and partially rebuilt in the 19th century and houses some fine stained-glass windows, as well as a unique brass depicting a miner with a nelly (tallow candle) in his mouth, a pick in his hand and a billy (backpack) on his back.
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