Bream
Built-up area in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.753, -2.576 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 60 06 |
| Population: | 3,047 |
| Dialling code: | 01594 (Lydney) |
Bream is a village on a wooded ridge in the northern part of the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire, England. It overlooks the Severn Estuary and on clear days affords long views towards South Wales; historically the settlement grew up around small‑scale coal mining, ironworking and stone quarrying, and traces of pits, tramways and quarry faces still punctuate the local landscape.
Today Bream is largely residential with a strong community spirit - sports clubs, a village hall and local shops - while many people commute to nearby towns such as Gloucester. The surrounding mix of woodland and farmland, together with the area’s industrial heritage, makes it popular with walkers and those interested in rural and mining history.
Postcode districts covering Bream
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 20.3 miles
- Newport 20.3 miles
- Gloucester 16.4 miles
- Cheltenham 23.2 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 20 miles
- Hereford 21.8 miles
- Stroud 15 miles
- Cwmbran Central 20.7 miles
- Cwmbrân 20.8 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 17 miles
- Pontypool 20 miles
- Yate 15.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Sling Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Yorkley and Whitecroft Built-up area 1.6 miles
- West Dean Parish 1.9 miles
- Lydney West & Aylburton Ward 2 miles
- Milkwall Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Pillowell Ward 2.3 miles
- Clearwell Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Lydney North Ward 2.7 miles
- Lydney Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Aylburton Built-up area 2.9 miles
- St. Briavels Built-up area 2.9 miles
- Broadwell and Coalway Built-up area 3.1 miles
Example postcodes in Bream
GL15 6HJ, GL15 6JH, GL15 6LR, GL15 6XN, GL15 6LX, GL15 6FB, GL15 6EJ, GL15 6HQ, GL15 6HH … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 26.3 miles
- Cardiff Airport 41.1 miles
- Parkend Railway Station 1.3 miles
- Norchard Railway Station 2 miles
Hotels near Bream Ad
- Tudor Farmhouse Hotel 4 2.2 miles
- Deangate Motel 2.6 miles
- Butchers Arms 2.1 miles
- The Speech House Hotel 3 3.8 miles
- The Belfry Hotel 2 6.1 miles
- Bells Hotel and Country Club 3 3.1 miles
- Punch House 3 7.2 miles
- Littledean House Hotel 2 6.1 miles
- Old Court Hotel & Apartments 7.7 miles
- The Wyndham Hotel 3 2.3 miles
Local points of interest
- Forest of Dean Forest 2.4 miles
- Cuckoo Wood Forest 5 miles
- Old Park wood Forest 5.8 miles
- Ninewells Wood Forest 6.2 miles
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 7.9 miles
- Chepstow Racecourse Recreation 8.2 miles
- Grace Dieu Abbey Historic site 10.4 miles
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 12.5 miles
- Harewood Estate 14.4 miles
- The New Lawn Stadium 15.1 miles
- Hoar Wood Forest 17.3 miles
- Westonbirt Arboretum Gardens 18 miles