Forest of Dean

Introduction
Area Map

The Forest of Dean is a wonderful part of Britain, located on the English/Welsh border, about 15 miles south-west of Gloucester.

It was once famously dismissed as "not worth a special visit" by a caving author, but a lot has changed since he wrote those lines. The area boasts the tenth longest cave in Britain with the Wet Sink/Slaughter Stream Cave system; the well-acclaimed prettiest cave in Britain with Otter Hole; and some of the most arduous caves in Britain with Ban Y Gor and Cross Joints Swallet.

The area is also famous for its extensive networks of old iron mines; which range from bone-dry, gently dipping systems such as Old Ham and Old Bow; to steeply inclined and very wet systems, as at Perseverance and Wigpool.

Caves

 * Ban Y Gor
 * Big Sink
 * Cabsav
 * Clinker Bottom Cave
 * Coldwell Swallet
 * Cowshill Cave
 * Cross Joints Swallet
 * Kelly's Lane Cave
 * Miss Grace's Lane Cave
 * Otter Hole
 * Piccadilly Pot
 * Redhouse Lane Swallet
 * Symonds Yat Caves
 * Symonds Yat Swallet
 * Wet Sink/Slaughter Stream Cave
 * Woolaston Wood Cave

Mines
Mines are included in this section since many of the mines follow natural cave.


 * Bixslade Stone Mine
 * Old Ham
 * Noxon Park Iron Mine
 * Westbury Brook Iron Mine
 * Wigpool

Show Mines

 * Clearwell Caves