St Briavels lies on the B4228 Chepstow - Coleford road (GR SO 5504). The village shelters behind the crumbling walls of its 12th century castle which is now a flourishing Youth Hostel.

Pronounced "Brevels", the village stands on the edge of a limestone plateau above the valley of the River Wye and overlooks an ancient ox-bow of the river.

St Briavels is a 'proper' village with Norman Chruch, Post Office, General Stores, 2 pubs with food, a local craft shop and tea rooms.

Cinderhill house is just below St Briavels Castle, overlooking the Wye Valley