English Bicknor is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean district of west Gloucestershire, England.

[6] Situated between Symond's Yat and Lower Lydbrook on high ground opposite its namesake Welsh Bicknor.

A typical early Norman defence work which is one of many along the Welsh Marches, it is thought to have been built in the reign of Henry I of England (1100–35) or King Stephen (1135–54) and was demolished or destroyed by the late 14th century, but why and how is not known (possibly during the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr).

It is in an oval churchyard of Anglo-Saxon origin within the outer courtyard of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle.

Earlier the church had a crossing tower, but was it built from the soft local sandstone which became unsafe.

[11] Monuments in the church include a ledger stone from about 1420 with a rare example of Lombardic script that translates "Pray for the soul of our departed brother in Christ".

The church has also a Sanctus bell cast by John Warner & Sons of Cripplegate, London in 1875.

This ward centres on Christchurch but starts in the north at English Bicknor and includes Staunton Coleford in the southwest.