Cinderford
Built-up area in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.83, -2.504 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 65 14 |
| Population: | 12,942 |
Cinderford is a small former industrial town tucked into the heart of the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. It grew up in the 19th century around ironworking and coal mining - the town’s name reflects the cinders and slags left by that industry - and still sits framed by the region’s ancient oak woodland and rolling hills, which give it a distinctive landscape and sense of place.
Today Cinderford combines a strong local community with a service and light-industrial economy and a growing tourist trade: nearby attractions such as Puzzlewood and the Sculpture Trail draw walkers, mountain bikers and film crews, while local museums and memorials keep the mining and forestry heritage alive and shape a resilient, community-oriented character.
Postcode districts covering Cinderford
Most populated places nearby
- Gloucester 12 miles
- Cheltenham 18.5 miles
- Hereford 18 miles
- Stroud 13.3 miles
- Great Malvern 21 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 20.9 miles
- Pontypool 24.5 miles
- Yate 20.1 miles
- Tewkesbury 19 miles
- Cirencester 24.2 miles
- Chepstow 15.6 miles
- Dursley 12.1 miles
Neighbouring places
- Cinderford East Ward 0.7 miles
- Cinderford West Ward 0.9 miles
- Littledean Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Ruspidge Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Drybrook Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Ruardean Woodside Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Mitcheldean Built-up area 2.3 miles
- Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook Ward 2.3 miles
- Ruspidge and Soudley Parish 2.4 miles
- Ruardean Built-up area 2.7 miles
- Blaisdon Parish 2.8 miles
- Newnham Built-up area 2.8 miles
Example postcodes in Cinderford
GL17 1DN, GL14 2EP, GL14 2PG, GL14 9FY, GL14 9HP, GL14 9BQ, GL14 2TD, GL14 3EP, GL14 3DG … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 32.2 miles
- Cardiff Airport 46.8 miles
- Parkend Railway Station 4.8 miles
- Norchard Railway Station 6.7 miles
Hotels near Cinderford Ad
- The Belfry Hotel 2 1.2 miles
- Littledean House Hotel 2 1.2 miles
- Tudor Farmhouse Hotel 4 6.5 miles
- The Speech House Hotel 3 2.6 miles
- White Hart Inn 1.3 miles
- Glewstone Court Country House 3 7.4 miles
- The Farmers Boy Inn Longhope 3 4.1 miles
- Royal Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 6.8 miles
- Deangate Motel 7.5 miles
- Butchers Arms 6.4 miles
Schools in Cinderford
- Forest View Primary School Primary
- SGS Forest High School Secondary
- Steam Mills Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 2.3 miles
- Forest of Dean Forest 3.8 miles
- Cuckoo Wood Forest 10.1 miles
- Old Park wood Forest 10.9 miles
- Harewood Estate 11.3 miles
- Ninewells Wood Forest 11.4 miles
- Hoar Wood Forest 12.1 miles
- Grace Dieu Abbey Historic site 12.6 miles
- Chepstow Racecourse Recreation 14.4 miles
- The New Lawn Stadium 14.7 miles
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 15.2 miles
- Rotherwas Estate 16 miles