The Dean Forest Railway is a 4+1⁄4-mile (6.8 km) long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. The...
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The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly...
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The Forest of Dean Central Railway was a mineral railway line designed to connect certain collieries in the central part of the Forest of Dean to a new...
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The Forest of Dean Railway was a railway company operating in Gloucestershire, England. It was formed in 1826 when the moribund Bullo Pill Railway and...
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River Frome, Bristol (category Rivers of Gloucestershire)
Dock (later known as Green's Dock) was built opposite at Dean's Marsh in 1760, on the west bank of the Frome and was later lengthened to 435 feet (133 m)...
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The Mitcheldean Road and Forest of Dean Junction Railway was an independent railway company incorporated in 1871, to provide a northerly outlet for iron...
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opening of a new flyover The Golden Valley Line – a railway line serving a similar route List of crossings of the River Thames "Directions to Marlborough Rd/A419"...
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Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway and the South Wales Railway opened a line southwestwards from Gloucester towards the Forest of Dean, Chepstow and South...
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the trackbed of the former Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway now the South Staffordshire Railway Walk to Oaken. Leaving the railway the northerly...
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main road linking Bristol with the Severn Estuary. It runs from junction 1 of the M48 at Aust to the docks at Avonmouth. After the Severn Bridge was opened...
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The Severn and Wye Railway began as an early tramroad network established in the Forest of Dean to facilitate the carriage of minerals to watercourses...
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and Gloucester Railway (1862) South Wales Railway (1863) ♠ ‡ Forest of Dean Railway (1847) Bullo Pill Railway (1826) West Midland Railway (1 August 1863)...
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River Avon, Warwickshire (category Rivers of Gloucestershire)
also /ˈeɪvɒn/ (AY-von) in central England flows generally southwestwards and is a major left-bank and easternmost tributary of the River Severn. It is also...
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Wales Derry Central Railway, in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland East Fife Central Railway in Scotland Forest of Dean Central Railway, in Gloucestershire...
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River Thames (redirect from History of Thames Water)
(Hungerford) Railway Bridge in central London, and the railway bridges by Isambard Kingdom Brunel at Maidenhead Railway Bridge, Gatehampton Railway Bridge and...
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River Avon, Bristol (category Lists of coordinates)
Avon, major roads and two railways. The Bristol Channel has a very high tidal range of 15 metres (49 ft), second only to Bay of Fundy in Eastern Canada;...
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west of Weston-sub‑Edge, leads on to a highway with a parish boundary along it called Riknild or Icknield Street, which is crossed by the railway at Honeybourne...
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Cotswold Way (category Lists of coordinates)
Estuary and Severn bridges, the meanders of the River Severn above Sharpness, the Forest of Dean, the Welsh hills of Monmouthshire and the Black Mountains...
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River Churn (category Rivers of Gloucestershire)
The River Churn is a tributary of the River Thames in central England. It rises at Seven Springs in Gloucestershire and flows south for approximately 37...
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A38 road (category Lists of coordinates)
route of original single carriageway, with the majority of this section being upgraded between 1973 and 1974, although a small section at Dean Prior was...
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Thames and Severn Canal (category Lists of coordinates)
the compromise alignment of the Thames & Severn found itself bypassed, with income mainly generated by carriage of Forest of Dean coal to places along the...
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River Severn (category Rivers of the Vale of Glamorgan)
easternmost part of the Forest of Dean, entering the Severn estuary east of Blakeney. On the opposite (southeast) bank the flow of the River Cam is usurped...
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Valley Railway (AVR) is a standard gauge heritage railway in South Gloucestershire, England, operated by a local group, the Avon Valley Railway Company...
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Sharpness, Gloucestershire (category Ports and harbours of Gloucestershire)
connected to the main Gloucester to Bristol railway line with its junction at the site of the former Berkeley Road railway station. The line is rarely used (if...
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Parkend railway station is located in the village of Parkend, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. It is currently the northern terminus of the Dean Forest...
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Gloucester Docks (category Ports and harbours of Gloucestershire)
Gloucester Docks is a historic area of the city of Gloucester. The docks are located at the northern junction of the River Severn with the Gloucester and...
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M50 motorway (England) (section Murder of Marie Wilks)
railway bridge over the motorway which carried the Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway was dismantled in 2012 and donated to the Bluebell Railway. List of...
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River Leach (category Rivers of Gloucestershire)
summer vegetation. It then passes Swyre Farm with another road crossing, then Dean Farm, before reaching a very picturesque winding valley, crossed by the Westwell-Hatherop...
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The Heart of England Way is a long-distance walk of around 160 km (100 mi) through the Midlands of England. The walk starts from Milford Common on Cannock...
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mile south of Lydney, and was originally called Lydney Junction, which is now the name of the nearby station on the preserved Dean Forest Railway. Lydney...
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