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Sling Gloucestershire Map

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

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

Latitude	51.768199
Longitude	-2.605086
Place Type	Village

About Sling

Sling emerges from the rugged, iron-rich contours of the Forest of Dean, defined by the lingering remnants of an industrial past that once exhaled coal dust and ambition. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-east of Coleford (from Coleford: bearing 163°T, OS grid SO 583 078), and is situated west-south-west of Marsh Lane village. Sunlight here seems to possess a particular weight, filtering through the canopy to illuminate the mossy stillness of Dean Pool, which gathers the quiet reflections of the surrounding woodland. Beneath the earth, the labyrinthine passages of Clearwell Caves speak to a subterranean geography that long dictated the fortunes of those working above. The topography rises sharply toward Wort Hill, where the air grows thin and crisp, offering a vantage point over the ancient, scarred landscape. Residents of Sling live in the shadow of these geological complexities, where the boundary between the natural forest and the man-made excavations is blurred by decades of quiet regrowth. The local character is one of stoic independence, forged in the proximity of deep, dark mine shafts and the persistence of the encroaching wild. Even now, the horizon remains dominated by the sturdy, unyielding silhouette of the hills, reminding all who look up of the heavy, mineral-laden soil upon which Sling is built.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wort Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.3 mi, 024° NNE
Dean Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.3 mi, 280° W
Causeway Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.4 mi, 063° ENE
Clearwell Caves (Attraction) — 0.4 mi, 298° WNW
Old Bow And Old Ham Mines Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.5 mi, 334° NNW · 41 ha
Tudor Farm Bank Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.6 mi, 282° WNW · 4 ha
Dark Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.6 mi, 047° NE
Village Cross At Clearwell (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 276° W
Dark Hill Iron Works And Brickworks Complex And Bear 220M South And 200M South East Of Yew Tree Cottage (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 040° NE
Titanic Steel Works 230M South West Of Yew Tree Cottage (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 028° NNE
Clearwell Castle (Castle) — 0.8 mi, 262° W
Noxon Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 173° S
Puzzlewood (Attraction) — 0.9 mi, 342° NNW
Model Railway (Public Artwork) — 1.0 mi, 346° NNW
Perrygrove Railway (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 346° NNW
Bromley Inclosure (Forest / Woodland) — 1.2 mi, 091° E
Oakwood Bottom (Valley) — 1.4 mi, 133° SE
Woodhenge (Park) — 1.5 mi, 018° NNE
Parkend Walk (Forest / Woodland) — 1.5 mi, 082° E
Oakwood Brook (River) — 1.6 mi, 094° E
Bells Field (Park) — 1.7 mi, 355° N
Coleford Great Western Railway Museum (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 345° NNW
Whitecliff Furnace (Historic Ruins) — 1.7 mi, 326° NNW
Studio Cinema (Cinema) — 1.8 mi, 342° NNW
Lumbers Marsh (Wetland) — 1.9 mi, 083° E
The Marsh (Wetland) — 1.9 mi, 090° E
Brookways Ditch (River) — 2.0 mi, 084° E
Hopewell Colliery (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 028° NNE
New Fancy (Viewpoint) — 3.0 mi, 070° ENE
Dean Forest Railway Museum (Museum) — 3.6 mi, 128° SE

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