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St Briavels Castle

Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire

A medieval castle you can stay in, if you dare.

St Briavels Castle was King John's hunting lodge and later a prison for poachers in the Forest of Dean. Prisoners scratched their names into the walls of the cell in the gatehouse.

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When
From the 1200s
Where
51.7390, -2.6400
Group
Haunted places

Visiting

A YHA youth hostel, with medieval banquet nights.

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