West Dean
Parish in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.779, -2.561 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 61 09 |
| Dialling code: | 01594 (Lydney) |
West Dean is a rural civil parish in the western part of the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire, England. It sits among rolling hills and pockets of ancient mixed woodland typical of the Dean, with a landscape shaped by centuries of small‑scale coal and iron working as well as traditional timber extraction.
The parish contains a scattering of villages and hamlets with active community life - village halls, churches and pubs - and visible traces of its industrial past in old workings and reclaimed sites. Today the local economy mixes agriculture, tourism and commuting, and the area is popular with walkers and cyclists exploring woodland trails and the distinctive industrial archaeology of the Forest.
Postcode districts covering West Dean
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 22.2 miles35.7 km
- Newport 21.9 miles35.2 km
- Gloucester 15.2 miles24.4 km
- Cheltenham 21.9 miles35.2 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 21.7 miles34.9 km
- Hereford 20.2 miles32.6 km
- Stroud 14.5 miles23.4 km
- Cwmbran Central 22 miles35.4 km
- Cwmbrân 22 miles35.5 km
- Chipping Sodbury 18.3 miles29.5 km
- Pontypool 21.1 miles33.9 km
- Yate 17.3 miles27.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Yorkley and Whitecroft Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Milkwall Built-up area 1.9 miles3 km
- Bream Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Broadwell and Coalway Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Sling Built-up area 2 miles3.2 km
- Pillowell Ward 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Coleford Built-up area 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Clearwell Built-up area 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Ruspidge and Soudley Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Newland & Sling Ward 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Ruspidge Built-up area 3.1 miles5 km
- Blakeney Built-up area 3.3 miles5.3 km
Example postcodes in West Dean
GL15 6HQ, GL15 4HH, GL16 7NT, GL15 4UA, GL15 4JW, GL15 6JF, GL16 7QP, GL15 4PF, GL15 4QA … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 28.2 miles45.4 km
- Cardiff Airport 42.7 miles68.8 km
- Parkend Railway Station 0.8 miles1.3 km
- Norchard Railway Station 3.1 miles5.1 km
Hotels in West Dean Ad
- Tudor Farmhouse Hotel 4
- Butchers Arms
- The Speech House Hotel 3
- White Hart Inn
- Bells Hotel and Country Club 3
- The Wyndham Hotel 3
Schools in West Dean
- Berry Hill Primary School Primary
- Ellwood Primary School Primary
- Five Acres High School Secondary
- Parkend Primary School Primary
- Pillowell Community Primary School Primary
- Yorkley Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Forest of Dean Forest 0.5 miles0.9 km
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 6.1 miles9.9 km
- Cuckoo Wood Forest 6.2 miles10 km
- Old Park wood Forest 7 miles11.3 km
- Ninewells Wood Forest 7.4 miles11.9 km
- Chepstow Racecourse Recreation 10.1 miles16.2 km
- Grace Dieu Abbey Historic site 10.4 miles16.7 km
- Harewood Estate 12.9 miles20.8 km
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 13.4 miles21.6 km
- The New Lawn Stadium 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Hoar Wood Forest 15.4 miles24.9 km
- Cotswold Hills Hill 18.1 miles29.2 km