Coleford
Coleford is a little market town in the west of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the Welsh border as well as close to the Wye Valley. It is the management centre of the Forest of Dean area. The consolidated population of the two electoral wards in Coleford at the 2011 census was 8,359. Coleford adjusted much more competently to the mine closures of the 1950s than its neighbor Cinderford. Today its prime location in the heart of the Forest makes it popular with pedestrians and also bikers, and also the regional council has actually made relocate to motivate further travelers. The huge factory in the town, originally called Carters, then Beechams, after that GlaxoSmithKline, is now had by the Japanese firm Suntory. It is the sole production facility for Ribena and also Lucozade. One old structure that has made it through is the former goods shed for the defunct train line to Monmouth; it is now the Coleford GWR Museum. SPP Pumps Ltd, Britain's leading pump maker additionally has their main UK making website at Coleford which has more than 300 individuals on site. The factory mainly satisfies the Industrial and also overseas firefighting oil and also gas markets in addition to the UK community water market.
