Coleford is a small market community in the west of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) eastern of the Welsh border and near to the Wye Valley. It is the administrative centre of the Forest of Dean district. 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 area in the heart of the Forest makes it popular with pedestrians and also cyclists, as well as the regional council has actually made moves to encourage further tourists. The big factory in the community, originally called Carters, then Beechams, after that GlaxoSmithKline, is currently owned by the Japanese company Suntory. It is the sole production facility for Ribena as well as Lucozade. One old building that has made it through is the former goods shed for the inoperative train line to Monmouth; it is currently the Coleford GWR Museum. SPP Pumps Ltd, Britain's leading pump maker also has their major UK manufacturing site at Coleford which has more than 300 people on site. The factory generally deals with the Industrial and also offshore firefighting oil and gas markets along with the UK municipal water market.