The Mine Trail at New Fancy

Discover the 300 year history of mining at the Forest of Dean along the Mine Trail at New Fancy. 

By walking the Mines Trails you can discover for yourself the silent memorials to the men who struggled and sometimes died in their efforts to extract the black gold and the mineral wealth from the rock strata beneath the Forest.

The walk is approximately five miles and the trail leaflets are illustrated with old photographs of the mines from the Ian Pope Collection. 

Trail leaflets can be bought from the Forest of Dean Local History Society here.