Bream Heritage Walk

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  • Work on the “Feature” progresses.

    Work on the “Feature” progresses.

    To accompany the walk, a feature is being made at the Flourmill works in Bream. The feature will be a short section of tramroad set on original stone blocks from the Oakwood tramroad.An original “chair” from the Oakwood tramroad was used to make a pattern. The pattern was then used to make a mould using…

  • Gate between 42 and 43

    Gate between 42 and 43

    Some people have been going astray between the stile at No 42 and the gap in the hedge at No.43. The route and the public footpath pass through the field gate ( not around it to the right) then follows the electricity wires to No 43. We have added an extra waymark disc before the…

  • Intermediate waymark added between 47 and 48

    With the permission of the landowner, an intermediate waymark sign has been added on the public footpath between waymarks 47 and 48. When leaving the kissing gate at waymark No. 47, after walking 400m, you are approaching the end of the fields. Look ahead for a post with the waymark sign (“TO 48”) at the…

  • Mods. to waymarks 27, 28 and 32.

    As a result of feedback from walkers we have carried out improvements at waymark posts 27, 28 and 32.Waymark 27 has been angled using a wedge to make it more obvious which track to take.Waymark 28 has been moved to a different face on the post, again to make it more obvious which track to…

  • New Freemine

    A new mine is being opened near Little Drybrook. The Forest of Dean has a unique Freemining tradition. Custom has it that the right to freemine was given to Forest miners by Edward 1 for services given during his Scottish campaigns. This was probably confirming a right they already held as early as 1244. To…

  • Foxgloves

    The bluebells have now gone, but there are still good floral displays to be seen. The foxgloves are out, and between way marks 26 and 27 make quite a display. We don’t know why the foxglove got its name but its from the Old English foxes glofa. In the past children turned the flowers into…

  • Bream Heritage Walk – Booklets

    We have produced booklets to accompany the Bream Heritage Walk. The 12 page booklet has a route map in the centre pages and information on some of the points of interest along the route. Booklets are currently available from:Premier /Post Office, Bream (opposite the start of the walk)Sally’s Florist, Bream (opposite the start of the…

  • Walk booklet with the Printer

    Walk booklet with the Printer

    The 12 page booklet to accompany the walk will be available soon.

  • All waymarks now in place

    The final waymarks are now in place. The last ones to be added were attached to the new heritage lottery funded kissing gate at no. 47. This replaced a difficult to climb stile. We are grateful to the landowner for his cooperation and help in making this possible.

  • Princess Royal spoil heap trim-up.

    When the colliery closed, the spoil heap of Princess Colliery was planted with trees to stabilise the slope. Since then, the trees have grown up and been joined by many “self-setters”. The trees are now being thinned. This photo, taken from Yorkley Wood by Robin Phelps, shows the valley of the river Lyd enveloped in…