Cinderford
Cinderford is a town and civil parish on the eastern fringe of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England, which had a population of 8,494 at the 2011 census. The community came into existence in the 19th century, following the rapid expansion of Cinderford Ironworks and also the Forest of Dean Coalfield. Cinderford's beginnings can be seen in the style as well as format of the community, with long rows of the same terraced housing similar to those discovered in the mining villages of the South Wales Valleys. The decline of the coal sector in the 1950s and 1960s influenced Cinderford as most of the male population was employed in mining.
