Walking in the Forest of Dean

Mike Dunn was born and bred in the English Midlands but has now lived in the Vale of Glamorgan for over 25 years. He has worked for the Welsh Assembly Government, specialising in environmental and conservation issues. Mike has written widely on landscape, walking, pubs and real ale.

Overview map

Introduction

Geology and landscape

Plants and wildlife

The impact of man

Getting to and around the Forest

Where to stay

What to take

Maps and waymarking

Using this guide

1 Above the River Wye

Walk 1 Around the northern ridges

Walk 2 Biblins and Yat Rock

Walk 3 The Stones of Staunton

Walk 4 Dean's Cathedral and the old Wye

Walk 5 Across the Hudnalls

Walk 6 To the Devil's Pulpit

Walk 7 Woolaston Common

2 The Heart of the Forest

Walk 8 Speculation and the northern collieries

Walk 9 Bixslade and Cannop Ponds

Walk 10 Nagshead and Dark Hill

Walk 11 Parkend to Blakeney

Walk 12 The Sculpture Trail

Walk 13 New Fancy and the Speech House

Walk 14 Mallards Pike

Walk 15 Soudley Ponds and Blaize Bailey

Walk 16 The Soudley Rural Geology Trail

3 Eastern Dean and Severn Shore

Walk 17 May Hill

Walk 18 Littledean and Welshbury

Walk 19 Longhope and Flaxley

Walk 20 Newnham and Bullo Pill

Walk 21 The Awre Peninsula and the Old Severn Bridge

4 The Long-distance Trails

Walk 22 Offa's Dyke Path

Walk 23 The Gloucestershire Way in the western Forest

Walk 24 The Gloucestershire Way through central Dean

Walk 25 The Wysis Way



Appendix A Route summary table

Appendix B Useful contacts