Forest Of Dean Sculpture Trail Parking
The trail features sculptures created by artists to interpret the forest environment and the history of this very unusual landscape.
Forest of dean sculpture trail parking. The sculpture trail starts and ends at the rear of the forestry england beechenhurst picnic site west of speech house in the heart of the forest. Sculpture trail in forest of dean the charges only apply at the visitor sites where there is more infrastructure. Forest of dean sculpture trail forest of dean sculpture trail speech house road coleford gloucestershire. We rely on donations and fundraising to commission new works for the trail.
The sculptures on the trail are funded and commissioned by a registered charity. The site was simply the sculpture trail although there was a preference to install a new work in an area contained within a triangle of land between beechenhurst lodge speech house car park and neville gabies sculpture raw. The full sculpture trail is about 4 5 miles long. Forest of dean sculpture trail beechenhurst speech house road coleford gloucestershire.
Forest of dean sculpture trail. The forest of dean sculpture trail was established in 1986 thanks in large part to the shared vision of martin orrom then forestry and environment officer for forestry commission jeremy rees the founding director of the arnolfini gallery in bristol and rupert martin curator at the arnolfini. A unique collection of world class contemporary sculpture both permanent and temporary within the forest of dean. It provides a unique opportunity to walk through the woodlands.
Sign up for our e newsletter by submitting this form you agree to the forest of dean sculpture trust s. Established in 1986 this four mile long sculpture trail was one of the first to open in the uk. The sculpture trail art in the forest. Andy frost drew inspiration from the history of the dean as a working forest to provide the play furniture adjacent to beechenhurst lodge.
At beechenhurst symonds yat mallards pike cannop cycle centre and wenchford. Forest of dean sculpture trust c o the forestry commission bank house coleford gloucestershire gl168ba united kingdom 03000674800. When annie cattrell was first appointed in january 2007 to create a new sculpture for the forest of dean sculpture trail she was given a fairly open brief to respond to the forest of dean. The forest of dean sculpture trail is a unique outdoor collection of 17 sculptures.
Forest of dean sculpture trail has a picnic site and a children s playground designed by the sculptor andy frost.