Town or village· Postcode GL16

Coleford

Gloucestershire, South West · population 9,275 · Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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Christchurch 0.1 miles Lower Berry Hill 0.1 miles Ellwood 0.1 miles Mile End 0.1 miles Cannop 0.1 miles Crossways 0.1 miles Milkwall 0.1 miles Edge End 0.1 miles

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Whitecliff 113 Gorsty Knoll 2

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About

Coleford

Coleford is a market town in the west of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, two miles (3 km) east of the Welsh border and close to the Wye Valley. It is the administrative centre of the Forest of Dean district. The combined population of the town's two electoral wards at the 2011 census was 8,359. The population of the town's parish was 9,273 in the 2021 Census. The parish includes the village of Baker's Hill.

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Monday 5 October

–Events todayNothing listed nearby today 1Latest storiesCourt orders three-month closure of Vape Express, seventh shop shut in Cradley Heath

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Court orders three-month closure of Vape Express, seventh shop shut in Cradley Heath

Sandwell Council’s Trading Standards team secured a three-month court order to shut Vape Express, marking the seventh closure on Cradley Heath High Street as part of a crackdown on illegal tobacco and vape sales.

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🌳 Park

Babington Meadow

Redbrook · 3.7 miles

A place for the whole community

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🌳 Park

Ruspidge Recreational Ground

Sutton Baynham · 4.3 miles

Recreation area with playground for children and fitness equipment for adults. Also has a Multi Use Games Area (MUGA)

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🌳 Park

Monmouth Petanque Club terrain

Monmouth · 5 miles

Terrain, or playing area, for the game of petanque

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🏚️ Ruins

Trellech Blast Furnace

Trellech · 6.8 miles

Remains of a blast furnace at which iron ore was smelted into pig iron. The furnace was blown by bellows, powered by a water-wheel fed by a stream running down the hillside.

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🌄 Viewpoint

Eagle's Nest

Lancaut · 8.7 miles

Views of River Wye, with both Severn Bridges in the distance

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🗿 Monument

Rev. Harry St. Helier Evans

Backney · 9.9 miles

In memory of Rev Harry St Helier Evans who died rescuing two children drowning in the river.

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