Useful Links

To help you enjoy your stay at The Orepool Inn and Motel you may find the following website links useful:

DBC Leisure offers a range of outdoor activities including clay shooting, air rifle and archery in the Royal Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. You can choose to concentrate on one activity or do any combination that appeals to you including other activities if required.

Clearwell Caves  are some of Britain's oldest underground mine workings, dating back over 4500 years. You will be walking through impressive caverns created by generations of Forest people who made their living through mining iron ore and ochre.

The Dean Heritage Centre tells the story of the Forest of Dean and its people. Situated in five acres of scenic woodland.

Forest web is a website that contains information about the Royal Forest of Dean area including links to the community and council websites.

Forest Hills Golf Club is situated on the outskirts of the old market town of Coleford in the heart of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK. It is a 15 minute drive from Monmouth and Chepstow, Gloucester 30 minutes and Bristol 45 minutes.

The Forest of Dean Golf Club  at Bells is set in the beauty of the Forest of Dean countryside with panoramic views you will love.

Cannop Cycle Centre  is the starting point for the Forest of Dean Family Cycle Trail which consists of twelve miles of waymarked, surfaced tracks, most of which are on former railway lines.

The Royal Forest of Dean Caving Club has a mainly local membership of people with an interest in caves and mines. The Club was founded in 1964 and has a current membership of about 65.

The Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)  is an internationally important protected landscape. Recognised for its spectacular limestone gorge scenery and dense ravine woodlands, this living and working landscape is rich in history, wildlife, archaeological and industrial remains and impressive geological features.