Coleford
Coleford is a tiny market community in the west of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the Welsh border as well as near the Wye Valley. It is the administrative centre of the Forest of Dean area. The mixed population of both electoral wards in Coleford at the 2011 census was 8,359. Coleford adjusted a lot more ably to the mine closures of the 1950s than its neighbor Cinderford. Today its prime place in the heart of the Forest makes it preferred with pedestrians and bikers, and the neighborhood council has actually made transfer to encourage further vacationers. The huge factory in the community, initially called Carters, after that Beechams, after that GlaxoSmithKline, is now owned by the Japanese company Suntory. It is the single production facility for Ribena and also Lucozade. One old building that has endured is the previous goods shed for the inoperative train line to Monmouth; it is currently the Coleford GWR Museum. SPP Pumps Ltd, Britain's leading pump supplier likewise has their major UK manufacturing website at Coleford which has more than 300 people on site. The factory primarily accommodates the Industrial and overseas firefighting oil as well as gas markets in addition to the UK community water market.
