From Drybrook, 2.3 km to Lea Bailey Light Railway
No place to visit is mapped inside Drybrook’s built-up area; 3 are within 5 km of its edge. They include a heritage railway, an art gallery and an attraction. If you have a day, head to Gloucester Cathedral, 19 km away.
The first to see around Drybrook
Lea Bailey Light Railway aside, the next best known are an art gallery and an attraction.
Heritage railwayLea Bailey Light Railway1.3 km outside town, to the northArt galleryArt galleryForest of Dean Sculpture Trail4.9 km outside town, to the southwestAttractionAttractionLittledean Jail3.5 km outside town, to the southeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
At 5.7 km, Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail is the farthest one out.
The dashed line is Drybrook’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
What kind of places
It comes down to a heritage railway, an art gallery and an attraction.
Green: inside Drybrook. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of it
The list runs to 3 places, all within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
3 listed buildings are on Drybrook’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Drybrook →
Further afield: the best known within 40 km
Gloucester Cathedral (19 km) leads the 12 big names within reach.
CathedralGloucester Cathedral19 km east
Castle · English HeritageGoodrich Castle7.4 km west
Castle · CadwMonmouth Castle15 km west
Abbey or priory · CadwTintern Abbey21 km southwest
CathedralHereford Cathedral26 km northwest
Castle · CadwChepstow Castle26 km southwest
Castle · CadwRaglan Castle25 km west
CastleBerkeley Castle19 km south
Abbey or prioryMonmouth Priory14 km west
CastleWilton Castle9 km northwestCastleCastle · CadwSkenfrith Castle19 km west
Castle · CadwCastell y Grysmwnt25 km westPlaces well known beyond Drybrook (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Good to know in Drybrook
What is there to see near Drybrook?
No attraction is mapped inside Drybrook itself. Within 5 km of it are Lea Bailey Light Railway, Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail and Littledean Jail.
Does Drybrook have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Drybrook: Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Drybrook?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Goodrich Castle (English Heritage), 7.4 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Drybrook?
Within 40 km: Gloucester Cathedral (19 km), Goodrich Castle (7.4 km), Monmouth Castle (15 km), Tintern Abbey (21 km).
Where are Drybrook’s historic buildings listed?
Drybrook has 3 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Drybrook when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (12)
- Lea Bailey Light Railway: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gloucester Cathedral: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Goodrich Castle: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monmouth Castle: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tintern Abbey: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hereford Cathedral: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chepstow Castle: eszgé, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raglan Castle: Tyssil, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Berkeley Castle: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monmouth Priory: Philbly, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wilton Castle: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castell y Grysmwnt: Robert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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