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Eating Out / In
Our
local pub, the Red Hart at Awre, about three miles
away, serves good food Tue-Sat lunch & dinner and Sunday lunch (booking advisable Friday or Saturday night and Sunday lunch 01594 510220) and has a
choice of well kept real ales.
The Cock at Blakeney, 1.5 miles away is also a good place to eat (01594 510239).
For a slightly smarter, more modern ambience and fabulous food we thoroughly recommend The Ugly Duckling in Lydney (01594 844210).
The George Inn (01594 530228) at St Briavels,
situated next to the old castle (now a Youth Hostel) is great for lunch, eating out on a
summer day or in front of a roaring fire on chilly winter evenings.
The Butchers Arms (01594 834313) at Clearwell is
another picturesque pub with good food worth trying and also at
Clearwell is the Wyndham Arms Hotel (01594 833666)
which has an excellent restaurant for more formal occasions. Nearby at Newland The Ostrich Inn (01594 833260) welcomes dogs and children, and serves delicious food every night including Sunday.
There are another half dozen or so other good pubs, an
award winning bistro in the Forest and a little further afield
several outstanding restaurants.
If you prefer to stay in, our local professional chef Sue will
cook a wide range of delicious meals using local and mainly organic
ingredients and bring these to your door.
Activities
Several nearby golf
courses include the prestigious St Pierre at Chepstow, two at
Coleford, a friendly 9-hole nearby at Lydney and we have a special
'half-price' green fee arrangement with Monmouth Golf Club, "A true
test of golf in idyllic surroundings", only 25 minutes away.
For anglers there are well
stocked local lakes plus fishing on the Wye. Lydney boasts a new
sports centre with a good swimming pool. The Forest has been ranked best in the UK for
cycling (seeObserver article) : bring your own bike or hire one at Pedalabikeaway.
Try your hand on the 4x4 off-road course or at
quad bike racing. Rock climbing, abseiling, paintballing,
caving or canoeing on the Wye are other local activity
sports. If you enjoy horse racing then Chepstow and
Cheltenham are a short drive away.
For something
completely different why not spend a relaxed day walking in the
Forest accompanied by Llamas who will carry all your belongings and
possibly a very special picnic to enjoy in a leafy glade. VisitSevernWye Llama Trekking
for more details.
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 | There are so many things to see
and enjoy in the forest including a Sculpture Trail, an excellent family friendly craft centre (with restaurant), the Dean Forest Steam
Railway, Clearwell
caves with 4000 years of mining history, The Shambles Victorian
Village, the highly regarded National Birds of Prey centre, Symonds Yat
Butterfly Zoo, the AMazing Hedge Puzzle, Lydney Park Spring Gardens,
The National Trust's Westbury Court water garden and an iron age farmstead where visitors can don iron age garb
and experience life as it was in celtic times.
Plus of course acres of wonderful woodland walks. |