Coleford
Coleford is a little market town in the west of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) eastern of the Welsh border as well as close to the Wye Valley. It is the management centre of the Forest of Dean district. The consolidated population of the two electoral wards in Coleford at the 2011 census was 8,359. Coleford adjusted much more capably to the mine closures of the 1950s than its neighbour Cinderford. Today its prime area in the heart of the Forest makes it prominent with walkers and bicyclists, as well as the regional council has actually made moves to encourage more vacationers. The huge factory in the community, originally called Carters, then Beechams, then GlaxoSmithKline, is currently possessed by the Japanese firm Suntory. It is the sole manufacturing facility for Ribena and Lucozade. One old building that has survived is the previous goods shed for the inoperative railway line to Monmouth; it is currently the Coleford GWR Museum. SPP Pumps Ltd, Britain's leading pump producer also has their major UK producing site at Coleford which has more than 300 individuals on site. The manufacturing facility mostly accommodates the Industrial as well as overseas firefighting oil and gas markets as well as the UK local water market.
