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 miles
- Newport 21.9 miles
- Gloucester 15.2 miles
- Cheltenham 21.9 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 21.7 miles
- Hereford 20.2 miles
- Stroud 14.5 miles
- Cwmbran Central 22 miles
- Cwmbrân 22 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 18.3 miles
- Pontypool 21.1 miles
- Yate 17.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Yorkley and Whitecroft Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Milkwall Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Bream Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Broadwell and Coalway Built-up area 2 miles
- Sling Built-up area 2 miles
- Pillowell Ward 2.2 miles
- Coleford Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Clearwell Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Ruspidge and Soudley Parish 2.8 miles
- Newland & Sling Ward 3.1 miles
- Ruspidge Built-up area 3.1 miles
- Blakeney Built-up area 3.3 miles
Example postcodes in West Dean
GL16 8JA, GL16 7SS, GL15 4SU, GL15 6EU, GL15 4RR, GL16 7AA, GL15 4NU, GL16 7QW, GL15 4NR … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 28.2 miles
- Cardiff Airport 42.7 miles
- Parkend Railway Station 0.8 miles
- Norchard Railway Station 3.1 miles
Hotels in West Dean Ad
- Bells Hotel and Country Club 3
- Bells Hotel 3
- The Speech House Hotel 3
- The Fountain Inn 4
- The Angel Hotel 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 miles
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 6.1 miles
- Cuckoo Wood Forest 6.2 miles
- Old Park wood Forest 7 miles
- Ninewells Wood Forest 7.4 miles
- Chepstow Racecourse Recreation 10.1 miles
- Grace Dieu Abbey Historic site 10.4 miles
- Harewood Estate 12.9 miles
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 13.4 miles
- The New Lawn Stadium 15.1 miles
- Hoar Wood Forest 15.4 miles
- Cotswold Hills Hill 18.1 miles