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The Dean Forest Railway

Quick links to :-     Dean Forest Railway     Lydney to Parkend     Noxon Park Ironmines     The Severn Estuary
    Moseley Green     Bullo Pill     Soudley
    Coleford and the North West     Cinderford and the North East     The Wye Valley

The Dean Forest Railway to Parkend - September 2018

My first round trip to Parkend since it re-opened

The Dean Forest Railway - Lydney Junction to Norchard

Previous visits to the Dean Forest Railway


Lydney Harbour to Parkend

Quick links to :-     Dean Forest Railway     Lydney to Parkend     Noxon Park Ironmines     The Severn Estuary
    Moseley Green     Bullo Pill     Soudley
    Coleford and the North West     Cinderford and the North East     The Wye Valley

Lydney Harbour - ST 6400 0150

Lydney harbour barges

A number of old Severn barges were grounded on the estuary side of the habour, including the 'Nibley', 'Ripple' and 'Onyx'.

Norchard to Parkend


Along the Severn Estuary

Quick links to :-     Dean Forest Railway     Lydney to Parkend     Noxon Park Ironmines     The Severn Estuary
    Moseley Green     Bullo Pill     Soudley
    Coleford and the North West     Cinderford and the North East     The Wye Valley

Beachley Ferry and camp

Purton and Gatcombe - SO 6706 0489

Purton Pill (on the West bank of the Severn) was planned to be a coal-exporting centre in the 1820s. A 'Steam Carriage Road' was planned in 1826 and again in 1830 but came to naught. The only thing built in anticipation was this 3-arched viaduct at Purton.

Severn Bridge

The Severn Bridge was opened in 1879 and destroyed in 1960 when two barges collided with it, bringing down two piers. Severn Bridge Station was at the Lydney end of the bridge and there was a swingbridge over the Sharpness Canal at the other end. The sunken wrecks of the two barges can be seen close to the far bank at low tide.

Odd Spots


Noxon Park ironmines, Bream

Quick links to :-     Dean Forest Railway     Lydney to Parkend     Noxon Park Ironmines     The Severn Estuary
    Moseley Green     Bullo Pill     Soudley
    Coleford and the North West     Cinderford and the North East     The Wye Valley

Noxon Park mine - SO 5920 0605

A whole host of opencast and underground iron mines are hidden in Noxon Park, near Bream. They date from the mid-1800s and are a weird jumble of scowles, quarries, pits and mines. The Gwent Caving Club visited a few of them, one of which had the signs of a recognisable tramway.

Noxon Park mine - SO 5922 0601

Other Mines and Workings in Noxon Park


Moseley Green

Quick links to :-     Dean Forest Railway     Lydney to Parkend     Noxon Park Ironmines     The Severn Estuary
    Moseley Green     Bullo Pill     Soudley
    Coleford and the North West     Cinderford and the North East     The Wye Valley

Independent Coal Pit No 6 - SO 6322 0893

Moseley Green New Engine Colliery - SO 6313 0826

Blackpool Bridge - SO 6520 0865

Danby Lodge - SO 6430 0819
Bailey Hill - SO 6410 0775


Bullo Pill

Quick links to :-     Dean Forest Railway     Lydney to Parkend     Noxon Park Ironmines     The Severn Estuary
    Moseley Green     Bullo Pill     Soudley
    Coleford and the North West     Cinderford and the North East     The Wye Valley

Bullo Pill - SO 6900 0990


Soudley

Quick links to :-     Dean Forest Railway     Lydney to Parkend     Noxon Park Ironmines     The Severn Estuary
    Moseley Green     Bullo Pill     Soudley
    Coleford and the North West     Cinderford and the North East     The Wye Valley

Great Western Ironworks and the Haie Hill tunnel, Soudley - SO 6654 1013


Acknowledgments, sources and further reading.

Thanks for addition information and photos to :- Ian Castledine, John Wood, Hopewell Colliery, Phil Conway-Jones (oldindustrial.wordpress.com), Mark Turner (Onecall Cabs), John Wood


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