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Drybrook Gloucestershire Map

Traditional county: Gloucestershire · District / Borough: Forest of Dean · Region: South West

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Place	Drybrook
Traditional County	Gloucestershire
District / Borough	Forest of Dean
Region	South West
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	51.855494
Longitude	-2.516482
Place Type	Village

About Drybrook

Drybrook occupies a high, rugged ridge within the Forest of Dean, where the air holds the keen edge of the uplands. It lies 1.3 miles west-south-west of Mitcheldean (from Mitcheldean: bearing 241°T, OS grid SO 645 175), and is situated west-north-west of Plump Hill village. To the north-northeast, the slopes of Hazel Hill rise in a quiet swell, casting long, lean shadows across the limestone outcrops that define the local geology. This terrain once hummed with the industry of iron and coal, leaving behind a landscape marked by the deep, silent scars of extraction. The nearby Puddlebrook Quarry Sssi reveals layers of ancient earth, exposing the pale, skeletal strata that support the weight of the woods. Drybrook maintains a singular character shaped by its elevation, where the light seems to break against the buildings with a peculiar, silver intensity. Residents walk paths that have long outlasted the heavy carts of the mining era, trading the clamour of iron for the persistent, rhythmic rustle of the surrounding canopy. History here is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring stubbornness of stone walls that hold the hillside against the slow, patient erosion of time.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hazel Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.4 mi, 014° NNE
Puddlebrook Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.5 mi, 016° NNE
Quarry Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.7 mi, 166° SSE
Stenders Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.0 mi, 065° ENE · 3 ha
Dry Brook (River) — 1.2 mi, 170° S
Lea Bailey Light Railway (Attraction) — 1.2 mi, 357° N
Hayward Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 1.3 mi, 154° SSE
Wigpool Common (Forest / Woodland) — 1.3 mi, 026° NNE
Wig Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 020° NNE
Ruardean Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 275° W
Horsepool Bottom (Valley) — 1.6 mi, 116° ESE
Old Engine Brook (River) — 1.6 mi, 177° S
Gunns Mills Furnace (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 118° ESE
The Old Coal Dram (Public Artwork) — 2.3 mi, 161° SSE
The Palace (Cinema) — 2.4 mi, 160° SSE
Sir Francis Brain Monument (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 213° SSW
Welshbury Hillfort And Associated Earthworks (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 123° ESE · 11 ha
Ragmans Lane Farm (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 273° W
Littledean Jail (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 143° SE
Woorgreens Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.1 mi, 196° SSW
Flaxley Abbey (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.1 mi, 116° ESE · 38 ha
Tides Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.7 mi, 167° SSE
Ruddle Marsh (Wetland) — 3.8 mi, 217° SW
Blaize Bailey Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 3.8 mi, 156° SSE
Beechenhurst Lodge (Park) — 3.9 mi, 209° SSW
Pedal-a-Bike-Away Centre (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 215° SW
Coughton Marsh (Wetland) — 4.3 mi, 303° WNW
Coppett Hill Butterfly Site (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.4 mi, 276° W
Dean Heritage Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 164° SSE
Hopewell Colliery (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 214° SW

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