Drybrook

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Village in Gloucestershire, England

title: "Drybrook" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["forest-of-dean", "villages-in-gloucestershire"] description: "Village in Gloucestershire, England" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drybrook" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Gloucestershire, England ::

::data[format=table title="infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Drybrook
constituency_westminster	Forest of Dean
post_town	DRYBROOK
postcode_district	GL17
postcode_area	GL
dial_code	01594
os_grid_reference	SO646176
population	3,052
population_ref	(2011 Census)
shire_district	Forest of Dean
shire_county	Gloucestershire
region	South West England
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Location

It lies in the north-west edge of the Royal Forest, bordering with Herefordshire, about 3 mi from Cinderford, and about 2 mi from Mitcheldean.

Population

In the 2001 census, Drybrook had a population of 2,855. This includes 1,391 men and 1,464 women. There are 1,146 households in the village. By the 2011 census the population had increased to 3,052.

Amenities

The village has a range of amenities, including a chemist, general stores, hairdresser, fish and chips shop, builder's merchant, doctor's surgery, nursery school, primary school, and a bus service to Gloucester and surrounding areas.

The nearest secondary school is Dene Magna School, which is in Mitcheldean. Drybrook has a rugby club, which is at the top of the High Street, and it also has a football club on Harrow Hill. Among the villages in the Forest of Dean, Drybrook has been voted one of the best villages to live in, for its scenery and leisure.

Education

Drybrook School, which is the village's only school, is a primary school for pupils of ages 4 years to 11 years. The nearest secondary school is Dene Magna Community School, which is in Abenhall, by Mitcheldean. Dene Magna Community School is about 1 mile from Drybrook.

Royal Forest

Drybrook is also known as a royal hunting ground, where the white deer, and, according to legend a black panther roamed. Unfortunately, the white deer was killed after being hit down and then trophy hunters cut off its head, but the police have not caught the person responsible. Drybrook also had a good supply of coal and stone. As Drybrook grew, so did its boundary, and it grew to include a small village called Harrow Hill (or as most locals call it, Harry Hill). The village's first modern church, The Holy Trinity Church, was built on Harrow Hill in 1817. The church's location is on the way to Mitcheldean.

Mechanical Organ Museum

The Mechanical Organ Museum is situated at the north end of the village, on the road to Lea and Ross-on-Wye. It has been called "a unique collection of mechanical music spanning the last 150 years, hidden away on the edge of the Forest of Dean. Mechanical organs, polyphons, pianola, automatic piano, electronic organs & musical boxes".

Climate

The Forest of Dean has been known for warm summers and cold winters. Some of the extremes that have been recorded in Drybrook are 36.6 °C in August 2003 European heat wave and -16 °C in January 2010. Snow and rain have also been a problem in the village: for example, in the winter of 2005, six inches of snow fell in a few hours, causing horrific traffic problems. And the Gloucestershire Floods of 2007 were also a major problem for the village. The averages are pretty much normal for Drybrook as they would be for most of the south of England, but in the winter it may change as Drybrook is on higher ground than other towns and cities in the surrounding area. For example, in January, the average high temperature in Drybrook is 3 °C while in Gloucester the average low temperature is 7 °C.

Drybrook experiences an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The information below is Gloucester's climate. |location = Drybrook, (Gloucester) |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan high C = 8 |Feb high C = 9 |Mar high C = 11 |Apr high C = 14 |May high C = 18 |Jun high C = 20 |Jul high C = 23 |Aug high C = 23 |Sep high C = 19 |Oct high C = 15 |Nov high C = 11 |Dec high C = 7 |year high C = 14.8 |Jan low C = 3 |Feb low C = 4 |Mar low C = 4 |Apr low C = 6 |May low C = 8 |Jun low C = 12 |Jul low C = 13 |Aug low C = 13 |Sep low C = 11 |Oct low C = 8 |Nov low C = 6 |Dec low C = 4 |year low C = 7.7 |Jan precipitation mm = 63.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 51.2 |Mar precipitation mm = 46.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 77.7 |May precipitation mm = 45.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 52.3 |Jul precipitation mm = 43.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 53.9 |Sep precipitation mm = 63.4 |Oct precipitation mm = 93.3 |Nov precipitation mm = 69.5 |Dec precipitation mm = 77.8 |year precipitation mm = 738 |source 1 = |date = August 2010}}

Severn and Wye Railway

Drybrook Road railway station railway station closed in 1943.

References

"2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Drybrook CP (Parish)". [[Office for National Statistics]].
"Parish population 2011".
"Drybrook Rugby Football Club". Drybrook Rugby Football Club.
"The Squirrels - Drybrook". Bell Homes.
"Drybrook school". Drybrook school.
"Forest of Dean: Introduction Pages 285-294 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5, Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, the Forest of Dean.". Victoria County History.
"White stag killed in the Forest". BBC.
"Our History". Holy Trinity Church, Drybrook.
"Forest of Dean Mechanical Organ Museum". Visitor UK.
(August 2011). "Monthly averages for Gloucester".
"Drybrook Road". Forest of Dean Railways.

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