Mitcheldean is a small town in the east of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The community is the most heavily populated location of 'Mitcheldean and Drybrook' selecting ward. This ward begins in the north east at Mitcheldean and also extends southern westerly to Drybrook. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,607. Mitcheldean was a growing neighborhood for lots of centuries as a result of the town's proximity to iron ore deposits. During the 19th century, the town expanded due to earnings created by the neighborhood developing sector. Like numerous of the Forest of Dean villages, Mitcheldean was a close-knit neighborhood with specific practices. One of these was the locally renowned (or well known) Mitcheldean Prize Brass Band. It is strongly loved and explained in a narrative by Arthur Bullock, a homeowner of nearby Longhope, whose papa and bros were in it. Recounting the band's ventures, he comments, 'I just want I might have been fortunate to hear the Mitcheldean Prize Brass Band play when every one of the players were completely sober at the same time'. Nevertheless, it is without a doubt serious to read his additional reflection that the band must have been 'exterminated by the 1914-18 war'. In the 20th century the town expanded additionally due to the Rank Xerox photocopier manufacturing facility. Although this market significantly declined throughout the last half of the 20th century, much of the former Rank Xerox site (now Vantage Point Business Village is currently occupied by small companies, new manufacturing as well as distribution businesses.