Sling
Built-up area in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.768, -2.605 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 58 07 |
| Dialling code: | 01594 (Lydney) |
Sling is a small hamlet tucked into the wooded landscape of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. It sits amid ancient coppices, sandstone ridges and the remnants of a once‑busy industrial hinterland of ironworking and coal, and is within easy reach of larger local towns such as Cinderford and Coleford.
Today Sling has a quietly rural character: a small, close‑knit community surrounded by walking and cycling trails, forestry and wildlife, with much local activity shaped by tourism, conservation and commuting to nearby centres. Scattered traces of old tramways, quarries and pit workings give the place a layered historic feel that complements its natural scenery.
Postcode districts covering Sling
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 21.4 miles34.4 km
- Newport 20 miles32.1 km
- Gloucester 17.2 miles27.6 km
- Cheltenham 23.9 miles38.5 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 21.2 miles34.2 km
- Hereford 20.4 miles32.9 km
- Stroud 16.3 miles26.2 km
- Cwmbran Central 20 miles32.2 km
- Cwmbrân 20 miles32.2 km
- Chipping Sodbury 18.5 miles29.8 km
- Pontypool 19.1 miles30.7 km
- Yate 17.3 miles27.9 km
Neighbouring places
- Milkwall Built-up area 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Clearwell Built-up area 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Newland Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Newland & Sling Ward 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Bream Built-up area 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Coleford Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Broadwell and Coalway Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- West Dean Parish 2 miles3.2 km
- St. Briavels Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Yorkley and Whitecroft Built-up area 3 miles4.7 km
- Staunton Coleford Parish 3.1 miles5 km
- Lower Redbrook Built-up area 3.1 miles5.1 km
Example postcodes in Sling
GL16 8JN, GL16 8JL, GL16 8LL, GL16 8JD, GL16 7NA, GL16 8LZ, GL16 8JW, GL16 8JJ, GL16 8JQ … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 27.1 miles43.6 km
- Cardiff Airport 40.8 miles65.7 km
- Parkend Railway Station 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Norchard Railway Station 3.6 miles5.8 km
Hotels near Sling Ad
- Tudor Farmhouse Hotel 4 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Butchers Arms 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Deangate Motel 4.2 miles6.8 km
- The Speech House Hotel 3 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Bells Hotel and Country Club 3 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Punch House 3 5.6 miles9 km
- The Wyndham Hotel 3 0.8 miles1.2 km
- The Belfry Hotel 2 6.3 miles10.2 km
- Old Court Hotel & Apartments 6.2 miles10 km
- Littledean House Hotel 2 6.3 miles10.2 km
Local points of interest
- Forest of Dean Forest 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Cuckoo Wood Forest 4.2 miles6.8 km
- Old Park wood Forest 5 miles8.1 km
- Ninewells Wood Forest 5.4 miles8.7 km
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 8.1 miles13 km
- Chepstow Racecourse Recreation 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Grace Dieu Abbey Historic site 8.8 miles14.2 km
- Harewood Estate 13 miles20.9 km
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Hoar Wood Forest 16.4 miles26.4 km
- The New Lawn Stadium 16.6 miles26.7 km
- Dore (Abbey : Herefordshire, England) Historic site 18.5 miles29.8 km