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 miles
- Newport 20 miles
- Gloucester 17.2 miles
- Cheltenham 23.9 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 21.2 miles
- Hereford 20.4 miles
- Stroud 16.3 miles
- Cwmbran Central 20 miles
- Cwmbrân 20 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 18.5 miles
- Pontypool 19.1 miles
- Yate 17.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Milkwall Built-up area 0.7 miles
- Clearwell Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Newland Parish 1.5 miles
- Newland & Sling Ward 1.6 miles
- Bream Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Coleford Built-up area 1.7 miles
- Broadwell and Coalway Built-up area 1.8 miles
- West Dean Parish 2 miles
- St. Briavels Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Yorkley and Whitecroft Built-up area 3 miles
- Staunton Coleford Parish 3.1 miles
- Lower Redbrook Built-up area 3.1 miles
Example postcodes in Sling
GL16 8JA, GL16 8JE, GL16 8ES, GL16 8JG, GL16 8LL, GL16 8JQ, GL16 8JN, GL16 8RX, GL16 8JJ … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 27.1 miles
- Cardiff Airport 40.8 miles
- Parkend Railway Station 2.1 miles
- Norchard Railway Station 3.6 miles
Hotels near Sling Ad
- Tudor Farmhouse Hotel 4 0.7 miles
- Butchers Arms 0.6 miles
- Deangate Motel 4.2 miles
- The Speech House Hotel 3 3.4 miles
- Bells Hotel and Country Club 3 1.7 miles
- Punch House 3 5.6 miles
- The Wyndham Hotel 3 0.8 miles
- Old Court Hotel & Apartments 6.2 miles
- The Belfry Hotel 2 6.3 miles
- Littledean House Hotel 2 6.3 miles
Local points of interest
- Forest of Dean Forest 2.6 miles
- Cuckoo Wood Forest 4.2 miles
- Old Park wood Forest 5 miles
- Ninewells Wood Forest 5.4 miles
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 8.1 miles
- Chepstow Racecourse Recreation 8.5 miles
- Grace Dieu Abbey Historic site 8.8 miles
- Harewood Estate 13 miles
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 14.1 miles
- Hoar Wood Forest 16.4 miles
- The New Lawn Stadium 16.6 miles
- Dore (Abbey : Herefordshire, England) Historic site 18.5 miles