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A wooded landmark hill with pleasure grounds, a Georgian banqueting house, Naval Temple and stunning views over the surrounding countryside.

Climb the trees and slide across high wires, crawl through tunnels, cross rope bridges, walk the planks and zip down to the ground! Go Ape is an award-winning high wire forest... more

Established by William fitz Osbern in the late eleventh century, the remains of the great tower at Monmouth Castle date back to the first half of the twelfth century.

Goodrich castle is in the care of English Heritage and is open to the public throughout the year. Although a ruin, it remains in excellent condition and is a fine example of its... more

Cistercian abbey, founded in 1131 in the beautiful Wye valley. Remarkably complete abbey church rebuilt in the later thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, with extensive... more

Remains of an early 13th-century fortress. The castle was built beside the River Monnow to command one of the main routes between England and Wales at a time when the two nations... more

With an astounding array of wildlife from Water Voles to waders, hares to dragonflies, Slimbridge is home to the world's largest collection of swans, geese, and ducks. It is also... more

One of the March Castles, Berkeley Castle was built to keep out the Welsh with... more

Impressive remains of a fifteenth-century castle built by Sir William ap Thomas and his son William Herbert.

One of the earliest stone-built castles in Britain, as building commenced the year after the Battle of Hastings in 1067.