Dean Forest Railway

Pillowell is a small English village in Gloucestershire, on the south-eastern edge of the Forest of Dean. Once a mining village, much of it now lies in a conservation area.

Whitecroft is a village in the Forest of Dean in west Gloucestershire, England. It is located in-between Bream and Yorkley. Whitecroft comes under the postal district of Lydney. The village has 1 pub – The Miners Arms (The Royal Oak having been closed for several years). Providing food, drink and accommodation. Whitecroft railway station, part of the Dean Forest Railway, is near the Miners Arms.

Whitecroft & Bream railway station is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway.

Norchard is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway, near Lydney in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Norchard is the main station of the Dean Forest Railway. Complete with sidings and a shed, it is the engineering base of the railway. Also to be found at this station are the museum, gift shop, cafe, toilets, main ticket office, and a large free car park. Around Norchard there are many footpaths providing access to the forest, many with views of the trains. Access between the ticket office and the platforms is via a level crossing. The station has three platforms, two at the Low Level station, plus one at the high level. Platform 2 has the purpose-built cafe and the 9681 shop which is in a coach. Norchard High Level has just one platform (Platform 3), but it serves trains from both Lydney Junction and Parkend, making it the main platform.

Brockhollands is a hamlet located in the Forest of Dean. It lies between the village of Bream and the town of Lydney in Gloucestershire. It is an obscure and small area with around 30 houses and is relatively unknown even in the local area. With its only attributes being the local sheep farm, it rarely sees any tourism but is frequently driven through by those going up to Bream.

Oakenhill Railway Cutting (grid reference SO630069) is a 0.81-hectare (2.0-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1985.The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).

The Lydney power station supplied electricity to 300 square miles (780 km2) of West Gloucestershire, England from 1923 until 1967. The supply area included the Forest of Dean, Stroud and Nailsworth. The station was owned by the West Gloucestershire Power Company Limited prior to the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. The station was closed in 1967.

Tufts Junction was a junction on the Severn and Wye Railway between Lydney Town and Whitecroft, England. The junction is now on the Dean Forest Railway between Norchard and Whitecroft.

Yorkley is a village in west Gloucestershire, England. The village includes the settlement of Yorkley Slade to the east. Yorkley is situated between the villages of Pillowell and Oldcroft. Near the town of Lydney, it has two pubs, a sub post office, few shops, a primary school and is home to Yorkley AFC. Yorkley was also home to Yorkley Star Cricket Club for 130 years until it was forced to close in October 2015 due to repeated digging of the Cut and Fry Green pitch by feral boar.

Allaston is a village in Gloucestershire, England, now forming part of the town of Lydney. Allaston was mentioned in the Domesday Book, when it was part of Bledisloe Hundred.

Parkend railway station is located in the village of Parkend, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. It is currently the northern terminus of the Dean Forest (heritage) Railway.

Parkend is a village, located at the foot of the Cannop Valley, in the Royal Forest of Dean, West Gloucestershire, England, and has a history dating back to the early 17th century. During the 19th century it was a busy industrial village with several coal mines, an ironworks, stoneworks, timber-yard and a tinplate works, but by the early 20th century most had succumbed to a loss of markets and the general industrial decline. In more recent times, the village has become a tourist destination.