Coleford
Built-up area in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.792, -2.617 |
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| OS grid ref: | SO 57 10 |
| Population: | 10,371 |
| Dialling code: | 01600 (Monmouth) |
Coleford is a small market town on the eastern edge of the Forest of Dean in west Gloucestershire, England. Set among steep, wooded ridges it grew up as a local centre for mining, ironworking and timber, and remnants of that industrial past - tight rows of Victorian buildings and former industrial sites - still shape the town’s character.
Today Coleford serves as a practical gateway to the forest, popular for walking, cycling and outdoor pursuits, and supports a mixture of independent shops, cafés, light industry and tourism. Local life is marked by a strong community vibe and a distinctive regional identity inherited from the Forest’s long history of freeminers and woodcraft.
Postcode districts covering Coleford
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 23 miles37 km
- Newport 20.6 miles33.2 km
- Gloucester 17.2 miles27.7 km
- Cheltenham 23.9 miles38.4 km
- Kingswood and Fishponds 23 miles37 km
- Hereford 18.7 miles30.1 km
- Stroud 17.1 miles27.5 km
- Cwmbran Central 20.3 miles32.6 km
- Cwmbrân 20.3 miles32.6 km
- Chipping Sodbury 20.2 miles32.5 km
- Pontypool 19.1 miles30.7 km
- Yate 19.1 miles30.7 km
Neighbouring places
- Broadwell and Coalway Built-up area 0.7 miles1.2 km
- Newland & Sling Ward 0.8 miles1.4 km
- Milkwall Built-up area 1 mile1.7 km
- Newland Parish 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Clearwell Built-up area 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Berry Hill Built-up area 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Staunton Coleford Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Sling Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Lower Redbrook Built-up area 2.3 miles3.7 km
- English Bicknor Parish 2.5 miles4 km
- West Dean Parish 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Bream Built-up area 3.2 miles5.2 km
Example postcodes in Coleford
GL16 8BB, GL16 8HP, GL16 8SG, GL16 8RT, GL16 9TD, GL16 8EW, GL16 8BA, GL16 8PR, GL16 8JB … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 28.6 miles46.1 km
- Cardiff Airport 41.4 miles66.7 km
- Parkend Railway Station 3.1 miles5 km
- Norchard Railway Station 5.1 miles8.2 km
Hotels near Coleford Ad
- Tudor Farmhouse Hotel 4 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Butchers Arms 1.6 miles2.6 km
- The Speech House Hotel 3 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Bells Hotel and Country Club 3 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Punch House 3 4.4 miles7.1 km
- Deangate Motel 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Old Court Hotel & Apartments 4.5 miles7.2 km
- The Belfry Hotel 2 6.1 miles9.8 km
- The Wyndham Hotel 3 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Littledean House Hotel 2 6.1 miles9.8 km
Local points of interest
- Forest of Dean Forest 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Cuckoo Wood Forest 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Old Park wood Forest 5.5 miles8.9 km
- Ninewells Wood Forest 6 miles9.7 km
- Flaxley Abbey Historic site 7.7 miles12.4 km
- Grace Dieu Abbey Historic site 7.8 miles12.6 km
- Chepstow Racecourse Recreation 9.9 miles15.9 km
- Harewood Estate 11.3 miles18.1 km
- Hoar Wood Forest 14.9 miles23.9 km
- Kingswood Abbey Historic site 15.7 miles25.2 km
- Rotherwas Estate 16.9 miles27.2 km
- Dore (Abbey : Herefordshire, England) Historic site 17 miles27.3 km