Lydbrook Wild Camping

If you like to get your bearings with a scenic stroll when you arrive someplace new, Coppett Hill (15 minutes’ drive) is an excellent place to start. From the 188-metre peak, you should be able to see all the way back to Lydbrook, as well as towards the Forest of Dean and the Black Mountains. One of the most famed places in the Wye Valley National Landscape is Abaty Tyndyrn / Tintern Abbey (half an hour), a ruined Cistercian abbey surrounded by the valley’s forested slopes. Here, there are excellent pubs and more trails to get out onto such as the Devil’s Pulpit and the nearby Offa’s Dyke path. For trails within the stunning Forest of Dean, begin with the easy Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail (10 minutes) or head to the Forest of Dean Cycle Centre (10 minutes) to rent a pair of wheels rather than walk. That’s not the only way to travel around the forest, however, with the Dean Forest Railway running steam trains from Lydney and Parkend. The Dean Forest Railway Parkend Station (15 minutes) is the closest stop to the site.