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The Forest of Dean and Wye Valley offers coach parties a wide array of unique attractions and experiences and award-winning food and drink. Whether you are looking for a group tour of the area to take in some of the highlights, an adventure-filled youth group weekend, an OAP-suitable day trip or a history and heritage experience, this area will inspire and reward you with its natural beauty, breathtaking vistas, internationally-renowned locations and bountiful artisan produce.
See below for all of our businesses which are suitable for coach parties. From the Dean Forest Railway offering steam train rides through the Forest, to Kingfisher Cruises offering a relaxing boat tour of the Wye Valley.
You can also see a few suggested Coach Party Itineraries here, taking in just a few...Read More
The Forest of Dean and Wye Valley offers coach parties a wide array of unique attractions and experiences and award-winning food and drink. Whether you are looking for a group tour of the area to take in some of the highlights, an adventure-filled youth group weekend, an OAP-suitable day trip or a history and heritage experience, this area will inspire and reward you with its natural beauty, breathtaking vistas, internationally-renowned locations and bountiful artisan produce.
See below for all of our businesses which are suitable for coach parties. From the Dean Forest Railway offering steam train rides through the Forest, to Kingfisher Cruises offering a relaxing boat tour of the Wye Valley.
You can also see a few suggested Coach Party Itineraries here, taking in just a few of the Dean Wye's highlights suitable for large coaches covering day trips and longer. Our Experiences are also ideally suited for groups, with everything from wildlife safaris to cookery experiences, bushcraft to birds of prey, outdoor adventure activities such as rock climbing and stand-up paddleboarding or arts and crafts experiences such as pottery or mosaic making. You can also browse our Accommodation Suitable for Coach Parties here, incorporating hotels which will take large group bookings and all of which have restaurants on site as well as the option of group catering.
Book a day trip or longer and be assured that your group will have a great coach trip in Forest of Dean and Wye Valley.
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Coleford
With trails for all abilities, this is the perfect place to start your cycling adventure in the Forest of Dean.
Parkend
Beautiful lake in the Forest of Dean, popular for walking, with lots of picnic benches, nearby cycle paths and a cafe and toilets on site.
Lydney
The Taurus Crafts café serves delicious breakfasts, light bites and chef’s special which are made on site.
Soudley
We are the Museum of the Forest: a stunning building and location with inside and outside attractions. Learn about the history of the Forest from the Ice Age to the present day, visit our museum and gallery, explore the Gruffalo woodland trail, visit a charcoal burner's camp, see chainsaw carving, our mill pond and pretty stream, kids will enjoy our woodland playground plus there is an excellent cafe and gift shop.
Parkend
Foresters Restaurant is the perfect place to eat whether you're looking for a light lunch or evening meal. There's something for everyone and at such great value.
Mallards Pike and Beechenhurst
If you want to get your blood pumping a little more, then you're in luck! Nestled deep within the Forest are some of the best high outdoor activities.
Lydney
Journey through the medieval Forest of Dean from Lydney to Parkend on a steam train or heritage diesel train service. Free parking, cafeteria, museum and gift shop at Norchard Station. A heritage railway offering a Forest experience from the comfort of your carriage. Cream teas, meals and experiences available.
Hereford
Hereford Cathedral is home to the Mappa Mundi & Chained Library and a community which has worked and worshipped together continuously for over 1,300 years.
Ross-On-Wye
We are your Wye Valley Canoe, Kayak and Paddleboard hire experts...
Based in beautiful Symonds Yat West, with online booking your river Wye adventure couldn't be simpler. We cater for couples, families and groups and have a range of self-guided trips for you to choose from.
St Briavels
Fun, photographic training, group guiding, mindfulness sessions and holidays in the heart of the forest and valley with pro photographer, David Broadbent. Suitable for all skill levels from beginner to advanced. Improve your general skill level or hone one specialist area - it's up to you.
Chepstow
The Wye Valley Sculpture Garden is the creation of artist Gemma Kate Wood, that she has built over the last 20 years.
The garden has grown into a beautiful venue that hosts her sculpture collection and excitingly, the work of 23 other artists to create the Summer Sculpture Exhibition.
Twigworth
Nature in art is unique - it is the world’s only museum dedicated to art inspired by nature. Displays embrace two and three-dimensional work in all mediums and styles, spanning 1500 years, 60 countries and over 600 artists.
Symonds Yat East
Enjoy a cruise on the River Wye through the beautiful Wye Valley from Symonds Yat East. Sit back, enjoy the scenery and relax. Dogs welcome. Group bookings with onboard catering are available.
Nr Ross-on-Wye
Contemporary craft gallery in the south Herefordshire hills. Beautiful work, made and sold here by the makers. Ceramics, furniture, wood-carving, kitchenwood, basketry, jewellery and collagraph prints.
Lydney Park Estate, Lydney
Design and make a colourful and charming mini mosaic to hang in your home, whilst enjoying some tea and sweet treats. The perfect combination – plenty of craft and of course lashings of cake!
Price: £48 per person
Length of experience: 3 hours
Ross-on-Wye
Town centre restaurant in ancient former coaching Inn. Fresh local market produce, fresh fish and game when in season. AA Rosette for Culinary Excellence
Lydney
Enjoy a relaxing journey along the Dean Forest Railway on board the steam train, with a fish and chip supper (or other choice of food) delivered to your table.
Price: Adults £24.50, Child £14.50
Length of experience: 1½ hours
Lydney
Riverside walks, sculptures, great for birdwatching, sunsets and steeped in history, Lydney Harbour is well worth visiting as a place of beauty but also to see the power and force of the River Severn and its estuary which has the second highest tidal range in the world. Now with a new modern takeaway cafe.
Lydney
Enjoy a relaxing journey along the Dean Forest Railway behind one of our steam locomotives. Looking for something a little extra? Add a takeaway cream tea or afternoon tea to your trip when placing your booking (and make them extra fancy with a 20cl bottle of prosecco!), available for pickup from Whistles Cafe before your train ride.
Price: Adults £14, Child £7
Length of experience: 1½ hours
Lydney
The Geomap celebrates both the geological and the industrial history of the Forest of Dean. Each layer of rock shown on Geomap is made from the actual rock it represents, taken from local quarries. Overlain on the map is the industrial history, demonstrating the link between the underlying geology and the great quarrying and mining industries of the past.
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