Coleford
Coleford is a tiny market town in the west of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, two miles (3.2 km) east of the Welsh boundary as well as close to the Wye Valley. It is the management centre of the Forest of Dean district. The mixed population of the two electoral wards in Coleford at the 2011 census was 8,359. Coleford adapted much more capably to the mine closures of the 1950s than its neighbour Cinderford. Today its prime place in the heart of the Forest makes it preferred with walkers and also bikers, and the regional council has actually made relocate to urge more tourists. The big manufacturing facility in the town, originally called Carters, then Beechams, after that GlaxoSmithKline, is now had by the Japanese company Suntory. It is the single production facility for Ribena as well as Lucozade. One old structure that has actually survived 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 maker additionally has their main UK making site at Coleford which has more than 300 people on site. The factory mostly accommodates the Industrial and also offshore firefighting oil and also gas markets along with the UK community water market.