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At Ellwood Football Club, Coleford
Bromley Rd, Ellwood, Coleford GL16 7LZ
A meet at Ellwood Football Club in the Forest of Dean.
The main attractions are walking and cycling in the Forest, including on the Gloucestershire Way Long Distance Path and cycle route 42, both of which are accessible from the site.
The Football Club has 15 x 16 amp hook-ups which will be allocated on a first-come, first served basis. (It will be possible to split the supply if there is a need.) We will have access to the club house with its bar, showers and toilets.
The cost is a very reasonable £12 per night. It will not be necessary to stay for the full 6 nights, although there is plenty to see and do. Further details follow.
This meet is fully subscribed
Please complete this form to join waiting list, or contact me:
Julia Wright (Juliaright@aol.com or 07740 406449)
Why Stay Here?
The main attractions are walking and cycling in the Forest, including on the Gloucestershire Way Long Distance Path and cycle route 42, both of which are accessible from the site.
Other nearby attractions for the less energetic are:
Coleford is a small market town in the west of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
The Dean Forest Railway is a 4 1⁄4-mile (6.8 km) long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend (near Ellwood).
Nagshead RSPB Reserve is a woodland reserve, located on the western edge of Parkend. More than half of the reserve consists of 19th-century oak woodland, which is now managed solely for its conservation and landscape value.
Puzzlewood is an ancient woodland site and tourist attraction. The site, covering 14 acres, shows evidence of open-cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier.
Over a mile of pathways were laid down in the early 19th century to provide access to the woods, and provide picturesque walks. The area contains strange rock formations, secret caves and ancient trees, with a confusing maze of paths.
It has been used as a filming location for numerous film and television programmes, including Harry Potter, Star Wars and Doctor Who.
Clearwell Caves now operates primarily as a mining museum. The Caves are a collection of six mines covering approximately 250 acres. The interconnected cave systems were formed by underground streams from around 180 million years ago. They have been mined originally for ochre, then for iron ore from Iron Age times Circa 100BC increasing from Roman times and extensively during the 19th century, which considerably enlarged and extended the network of natural caverns.
Well- lit chambers have been made easily accessible to visitors, with displays throughout. There is a small museum, shop and café. A network of much deeper workings can be visited in the presence of an experienced guide and with appropriate caving equipment for safety.